§ MR. HUNTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether 41 the County Court Judges who have been appointed since the Judicature Commission has been inquiring into the County Court system have accepted their offices subject to any alteration that may be made in their position by a revision of that system; and, whether in future appointments the above-mentioned condition will be required?
MR. BRUCESir, all the more recent appointments made by the Lord Chancellor have been made subject to such alterations as may be hereafter determined by Parliament in the extent and nature of their duties, but not in their salaries; as barristers could not fairly be asked to give up their professional practice for an uncertain income in the future. All future appointments will be made specifically on the condition which I first mentioned. It has already been found practicable, by a re-distribution of duties, to reduce by one the number of County Court Judges in Lancashire.