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Liquor Licensing

Volume 951: debated on Tuesday 6 June 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will list in the Official Report the organisations which have expressed opposition to the draft proposal on liquor licensing in leisure centres.

The following organisations expressed their opposition to the proposal that the draft licensing order should include provisions for licensing facilities at district council operated leisure centres:

Church and Other Religious Bodies

  • (a) Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches
  • (b) Society of St. Vincent de Paul
  • (c) Council of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association (Dungiven)
  • (d) Baptist Union of Ireland
  • (e) Church of Ireland Board for Social Responsibility
  • (f) Churches Central Committee for Community Work
  • (g) Portrush Presbyterian Church
  • (h) Presbyteries of Down, Iveagh and Ballymena
  • (i) Campaign for Concerned Witness to Reform Truth
  • (j)Methodist Church (Lisburn and District)
  • District Councils

  • (a) Banbridge District Council
  • (b) Castlereagh Borough Council
  • (c) Larne Borough Council
  • (d) Magherafelt District Council
  • (e) Moyle District Council
  • (f) North Down Borough Council
  • Other Organisations

  • (a) Belfast Battalion of the Boys' Brigade
  • (b) Young Men's Christian Association (Belfast)
  • (c) Northern Ireland Council of Social Service
  • (d) Community Organisations of Northern Ireland
  • (e) Northern Ireland Juvenile Courts Association
  • (f) Portadown Temperance Council
  • (g) Killinchy and District Community Association
  • (h) Independent Loyal Orange Order Lodge of Ballymena
  • (i) Loyal Orange Institution of Ireland
  • (j) County Down Grand Orange Lodge
  • (k) Council on Alcohol Related Problems.
  • Licensed Vintners Associations

  • (a) Armagh and District Licensed Vintners Association
  • (b) Bangor and District Licensed Vintners Association
  • (c) Ballycastle and District Licensed Vintners Association
  • (d) Belfast and Ulster Licensed Vintners Association
  • (e) Dungannon and District Licensed Vintners Association
  • (f) Tyrone Vintners Association