Licensing of Sex Establishments

Part of Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 – in the House of Commons at 4:20 pm on 3 February 1982.

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Photo of Mr Alex Lyon Mr Alex Lyon , City of York 4:20, 3 February 1982

Is not the trouble that if a local authority and most of the citizens of a local authority do not want any sex shops, and the local authority rules that it will not give licences in any respect to anyone, the decision can be overruled, under the terms of the schedule, by the local Crown court? Is it not the case that the local authority would have no right to say that it was advancing the views of most of the residents of the area? It is surely that matter that needs to be accommodated.