ABSTRACT
Modern licensing law in Great Britain was enacted for England and Wales in 1902, and for Scotland in 1903. The new law seemed for a time to be taking effect as judged by the reduced consumption of beer in England, and the smaller number of drunkenness offences. The Departmental Committees saw much advantage in making proposals which they hoped would keep the family together, and would develop parental responsibility for introducing the young to the observation of the normal use of alcohol at home and in society, and in due course to the partaking of it. The Departmental Committees proposed two new measures, namely the Refreshment Licence and the Public House Children’s Certificate. Health ministers had been informed by the Advisory Committee on Alcoholism that the number of public houses with the accommodation and clientele to make such a venture a success would be limited.
