Clause 10 - Proceedings of licensing committee
Licensing Bill [Lords]
8:55 am
Dr Kim Howells (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Pontypridd, Labour)
That would have to depend on the case in point, on the circumstances and on the representations that might be made to the Secretary of State on that issue. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman would not want central Government to determine matters that could often easily be handled by the local authority itself, and which are now handled by local authorities on a day-to-day basis. I assure the hon. Gentleman that those procedures will be made clear in the regulations.