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Irish Licensing Laws

Volume 175: debated on Thursday 13 June 1907

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To ask the Prime Minister whether it is intended in the forthcoming licensing legislation promised for next session to deal with the paramount claim of Ireland to a reform of her licensing laws; is he aware that the licensing laws of Ireland are less favourable to the promotion of temperance than those of England; that the number of licensed houses is excessive; and that there is no power, as there is in England, to reduce the number. (Answered by Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman.) His Majesty's Government have no intention of including Ireland in the licensing legislation promised for next session. I am aware of the differences between the licensing system of England and that of Ireland.