asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will re consider his decision to refuse a retail licence for a secondhand clothing stores to Mr. W. Causton, 1, Torriano Cottages, London, N.W.5, seeing that Mr. Causton was disabled as a soldier in the Boer War, the 1914–18 war and from the CD. service in the last war, and that he was also compelled to terminate his secondhand clothing stores when the Government closed down the Caledonian market.

I have again looked at Mr. Causton's application and, in view of the very special circumstances, I have decided to grant him the licence he needs to open his shop.