§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he will communicate to the House the Lord Chancellor's decision respecting Mr. Newton before the Vote for the Metropolitan Police Magistrates is taken, in order to enable the House to form its own judgment upon the matter?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (MR. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I will communicate the Lord Chancellor's decision to the House as soon as the Lord Chancellor thinks it possible to do so without prejudice to pending criminal proceedings. There is no Vote for the Metropolitan Police Magistrates, whose salaries are by law charged on the Consolidated Fund.