HC Deb 14 May 1885 vol 298 cc475-6
MR. BIGGAR

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that a proclamation has been posted constituting Lisburn a Quarter Sessions district, with jurisdiction many miles beyond the town of Belfast, and also very near to the Quarter Sessions of Antrim; and, whether he will have the boundaries of the proposed district reconsidered, with a view to have the proposed district made more in accordance with the convenience of the public?

MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

Lisburn has merely been constituted an additional place for holding a Civil Bill Court in the division in which it is situated. It is considered that this will be an additional convenience to the public, who have extensively memorialized in favour of the step. Suitors will now have a choice of three Courts instead of two, as before.