occupied, and the licence extended to allow them to live in their flats, to have furniture of their own, which in fact they did, and to have their wives and families there, in addition to certain other amenit/es. It is, 1 think, important to remember the circumstances in which that licence came to be granted. This is not a case of a licence granted on commercial lines, nor is it a licence granted out of mere friendship or kindness. It was a licence granted by a department of state under a re/y high duty to persons who, through the exigencies of the war and no fault of their own, had by governmental action been removed from their homes and transported to this country. No decent-minded person could possibly suggest and, indeed, it is unthinkable that, in those circumstances, the Government should act otherwise than under a very strong sense of responsibility for the care and welfare of these individuals. The grant of this licence, or something like it, was one which was incumbent upon the Minister as the person entrusted with the duties of government in that behalf. I refer to that for this reason, because it appears to me that, where a licence is granted and a question arises as to the lawful method of terminating it, the circumstances in which the licence came to be granted are matters most relevant to consider, particularly when one is faced with the : How, and in what circumstances and in what question conditions can the licence be terminated?
