§ MR. COBB (Warwick, S.E., Rugby)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to ascertain from the Clerk to the Magistrates at Southam, in Warwickshire, upon how many occasions, during the last five years, the business of the Bench has had to be adjourned in consequence of the non-attendance of a quorum of Magistrates; whether he is aware that, notwithstanding that the Lord Lieutenant of the county has done everything in his power to secure a sufficient attendance, serious inconvenience and loss of time have been caused to the public by these adjournments, and that attention has frequently been and is now being called to this in the public Press; and whether any steps can be taken to ensure in the future a proper attendance of Magistrates?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI have to-day written to the Clerk to the Justices to ask for information on this matter, and will in due course acquaint the hon. Member with the result of my inquiries.