HC Deb 27 February 1967 vol 742 cc25-6W
50. Sir G. Sinclair

asked the Attorney-General what progress he has made in considering two cases submitted to him some months ago by the Race Relations Board; and when he hopes to make his decisions on these.

The Attorney-General

I have decided not to institute proceedings for an injunction in relation to either of the two cases which have been reported to me by the Race Relations Board. My decision in respect of the Albert Hotel, Great Yarmouth, was on the grounds that it did not appear to me, on the evidence available to me, that this was a hotel within the meaning of the Act. In the second case the evidence did not in my view establish a course of conduct which amounted to unlawful discrimination for the purposes of the Act.

52. Mr. Oakes

asked the Attorney-General why he will not institute proceedings against the Albert Hotel, Yarmouth, in view of the racial discrimination there against Mr. Byrom Willis, of Bolton, Lancashire.

The Attorney-General

I have decided not to institute proceedings for an injunction in relation to either of the two cases which have been reported to me by the Race Relations Board. My decision in respect of the Albert Hotel, Great Yarmouth, was on the grounds that it did not appear to me, on the evidence available to me, that this was a hotel within the meaning of the Act. In the second case the evidence did not in my view establish a course of conduct which amounted to unlawful discrimination for the purposes of the Act.