MR. HENNIKER-HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether it be true that, owing to the irregularity of an official, the Paymaster General of the Court of Chancery now pays all sums over £20 in crossed cheques without the consent of the payee, thus causing considerable inconvenience to persons who do not keep banking accounts?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.), in reply, said, that the statement was correct; but its raison d'être was not set forth in the Question. The practice was in conformity with that followed in other Departments and in mercantile transactions. It was not causing any inconvenience.