Clause 62 - The general conditions
Licensing Bill [Lords]
2:45 pm
Dr Kim Howells (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Pontypridd, Labour)
That would have to happen the day before the club applied to be a qualifying club, and the hon. Gentleman knows that such incidents would rarely occur. I am reliably informed that the Bill gives the club a three-month period of grace. If a club with only 25 members, one of whom has suddenly dropped dead, cannot attract another member within three months, it really is on its last legs. The rest of the membership could be in danger of dropping dead, too.