§ MR. PICTON (Leicester)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 1394 ment, Whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. Robert King, of Mere Road, Evington, who in February this year was ordered, under a threat of distraint, to pay a fine inflicted in February 1886, on account of the non-vaccination of an infant which died in May; and, whether, under the exceptional circumstances, he will take means to relieve the bereaved father of the penalty inflicted for a dead child?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I have received no application for the remission, of the fine in question; but if I do, the circumstances will be most carefully considered.