§ MR. RYLANDSasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he is aware that some County Court Judges are in the habit of taking references from advocates practising before them, and from other parties, for which such County Court Judges receive payment in addition to their fees; and, whether such practice is sanctioned by the Home Office?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSI am not aware that any such practice is going on. Certainly it has not been sanctioned by the Home Office.