LIQUOR REFORM
LADY ASTOR'S BILL' PASSED.
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(Received 14th-July, 11.30 a.m.)
LONDON, 13th July. The House of Commons passed tho third reading of Lady Astor's Liquor Bill. Sir. F. 6. Banbury's amendment to reject the Bill was negatived by 257 votes to 10. Lady Astor remarked that Sir F. Banbury had come to the time of life when the only chance for him was to be born again. (Laughter.) She had been described as*'an alien who was attempting to impose her will on a free people. She might be an alien, but she was not alien to the needs and wishes of the women of Britain.
Lady Astor's Bill forbids the sale of alcoholic liquor to persons under 18 years of age. When introducing the Bill, Lady Astor said that 90' per cent, of inebriates contracted the habit between the ages of 15 and 25. In one year 4063 boys and girls, from 16 to 21. were arrested for drunkenness. The measure, she assured the House, did not touoh the clubs, and did not prevent children from bringing the dinner beer. The second reading of the Bill, taken on Bth March, was passed by 338 votes to 56. It is the first Bill introduced into the British House of Commons by a woman,
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 12, 14 July 1923, Page 7
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220LIQUOR REFORM Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 12, 14 July 1923, Page 7
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