§ MR. DARLING (Deptford)I beg to ask the Attorney General whether it is in contemplation to re-establish sittings for the trial of causes at the Guildhall or elsewhere in Middlesex than at the Royal Courts of Justice; and whether the accommodation at the Royal Courts is insufficient for the Judges of the Queen's Bench Division in the matter of Courts for the trial of causes with a jury?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir R. WEBSTER,) Isle of WightI am informed that there have been communications between the Lord Chancellor, the 1538 Lord Chief Justice, and the Corporation of London with reference to the possibility of holding two Courts for Special Juries in the London List at the Guildhall at the commencement of each sittings, when the Courts are insufficient to accommodate all the Judges of the Queen's Bench Division available for work. It is the fact that the existing accommodation is not sufficient when all the Judges of the Queen's Bench Division are so available.
§ MR. DARLINGArising out of that answer, may I ask if it is proposed to provide sufficient accommodation in the Royal Courts?
§ SIR R. WEBSTERThat is not a question for me to determine, but ought to be addressed to the First Commissioner of Works. That the accommodation in the Courts is insufficient is a fact very well known.