Post Offices

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Excerpts

Monday 17th January 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Jenkin of Roding]

My Lords—

[Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe]

Is the noble Baroness content that many post offices are now applying for licences to sell alcohol and displaying it on a wide scale immediately alongside the areas in which giro payments are made? Are the Government prepared to do something about it?