§ MR. ROWNTREE (Scarborough)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been called to the refusal of certain County Councils to reimburse Quarter Sessions boroughs the costs of prosecutions at Assizes of prisoners committed for trial from such boroughs; and whether, inasmuch as Section 35 of "The Local Government Act, 1888," makes all costs of such prosecutions (formerly reimbursed from Her Majesty's Treasury) a charge upon the County Fund, the Government will take such steps as may be necessary to prevent Quarter Sessions boroughs from being placed in a worse financial position in this matter than they were in before the passing of "The Local Government Act, 1888," and of the grants in aid of local taxation?
§ *MR. RITCHIEMy attention has not been called to the refusal of any County Council to reimburse Quarter Sessions boroughs the cost of prosecutions at 760 Assizes of prisoners committed for trial from those boroughs. I infer from the question that a difference has arisen in some case between a County Council and the Town Council of a borough on this point. If the facts of this particular case are communicated to the Local Government Board the question will receive their consideration.