§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked Mr. Attorney General, Whether Papers regarding the inquiry into the question of Public Prosecutions will be laid before the House; whether he has Reports of the present Prosecutor, showing the working of his office, the cases in which he has prosecuted or refused to prosecute, and the grounds of his action or refusal, and will produce them; and, whether any decision has been come to for placing the office on a more satisfactory footing?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES), in reply, said, the Departmental Committee on Public Prosecutions had the question of preparing Reports under consideration; but as to the exact time of their production he 854 could not say. The Reports of the present Prosecutor, showing the working of his office, were sent in from time to time. Some of them extended over six years, and were very bulky, giving detailed reasons for prosecuting; and he was afraid it would not be possible to print them and lay them before the House.