It should be moral

REGARDING your report on page 19 of last week's Observer: 'Rother advised on sex entertainment', I was surprised to read that Rother District Council now has suitable licensing powers to hand and that the council will not entertain objections to applications on moral grounds.

By The Newsroom

Sunday, 28th November 2010, 2:00 pm

Updated Thursday, 7th June 2018, 9:24 pm

I wonder why a local authority can think that moral issues can be ignored when considering license applications from businesses?

One would hope that a prime aspect of all council work would be moral.

Rev DAVID BOND

Reginald Road

Bexhill-on-Sea

It should be moral

REGARDING your report on page 19 of last week's Observer: 'Rother advised on sex entertainment', I was surprised to read that Rother District Council now has suitable licensing powers to hand and that the council will not entertain objections to applications on moral grounds.

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REGARDING your report on page 19 of last week's Observer: 'Rother advised on sex entertainment', I was surprised to read that Rother District Council now has suitable licensing powers to hand and that the council will not entertain objections to applications on moral grounds.