§ 123. Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the terms under which catering licences are issued by the licensing authorities to take into account the trend to provide juke boxes or amplified music and to extend opening hours in small cafes not designed for the purpose and sited in residential enclaves, thus causing nuisance to residents, depriving them and their children of their sleep and affecting their enjoyment of their own radio and television receivers.
§ Mr. MaudlingI have recently received representations from the County Councils Association about the limited powers of local authorities under the Late Night Refreshment Houses Act, 1969. I am considering these and am willing to consider any others.