HC Deb 17 February 1862 vol 165 c376
Mr. LONGFIELD

said, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If the attention of the Government has been called to the Clauses in the recent Acts 24 and 25 Vict. c. 96, 97, and 100. by which a distinction is made between the Unpaid and Stipendiary Magistrates; and if it is the intention of Government to introduce any measure to restore the provisions of the Act 14 and 15 Vict. c. 92, which confers equal powers on all Justices, paid or unpaid?

Sib ROBERT PEEL

said, that the attention of the Government had been called to the distinction made by the Acts 24 and 25 Vict. c. 96, 97, and 100* between unpaid and stipendiary magistrates, and it was the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill in accordance with the provisions of the Act 14 and 15 Vict. c. 92, which conferred equal powers on alt Justices, paid or unpaid.