HC Deb 06 July 1857 vol 146 cc966-7
SIR GEORGE FORSTER

said, he would beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Treasury has come to any decision as to the unappropriated annual balance of fines and penalties (Ireland) being applied in future in aid of salaries for petty sessions clerks; and if so, whether he is prepared to bring in a Bill this Session to provide for payment of petty sessions clerks by salary in place of fees, as at present?

MR. H. A. HERBERT

said, it was his intention to bring in a Bill in, he hoped, a very few days, to provide for the payment of petty sessions clerks by salary in lieu of fees, and also that a Bill was in course of preparation for applying the unappropriated annual balance of fines and penalties (Ireland) in aid of such salaries.