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Licensing Act, 1961 (Wales)

Volume 657: debated on Wednesday 4 April 1962

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that, following the results of polls held in Wales last year, whilst drinks may now be served to non-residents during permitted hours in licensed premises on Sundays in five counties of Wales, no such service can be provided in the remaining eight counties, and that this situation is inconvenient from the point of view of tourists; and whether, in view of the growing importance of the tourist industry to the economy, he will consider new steps to provide better treatment for tourists throughout Wales on Sunday.

Parliament decided in the Licensing Act, 1961, that the question of the sale of intoxicating liquor to non-residents on Sundays should be determined in each county and county borough in Wales by a poll of the local government electorate in that area. I should not feel justified in introducing fresh legislation to overrule or modify the decisions which have now been taken accordingly,