HC Deb 25 March 1884 vol 286 c740
MR. SLAGG

asked Mr. Attorney General, Whether, as the Government arc unable to support the High Court of Justice (Provincial Sittings) Bill, any steps are being taken with regard to the statement made by him, that— The Lord Chancellor was now engaged earnestly considering how far arrangements might be made whereby the expenditure of the judicial strength in localities where it was not required might be removed and applied to the more populous districts of the Country?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES)

, in reply, said, that the subject was under consideration.