§ MR. A. C. MORTONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will find time this Session for the consideration of the Bill for the repeal of the property qualification of Magistrates in England and Wales, so as to put the people of those countries on a par with the people of Ireland and Scotland in that respect?
*MR. HERBERT LEWIS (Flint, &c)Will the right hon. Gentleman consider the desirability of milking provision for removal from the Commission of the Peace of Magistrates who do not attend to their duties?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEThis must be considered with reference to the abundance or paucity of claims in regard to the appointment of Magistrates and their urgent claims, which cannot be set aside. I do not think that I can, on the part of the Government, hold out any prospect of dealing with legislation on these points at an early period of the coming Session.