§ MR. BYLES (York, W.R., Shipley)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to certain correspondence, extending over several years, between the Clerk to the Guardians in the North Bierley Union, the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding, and the Lord Chancellor, with respect to the serious inconvenience which is suffered in the said Union, owing to the insufficient number of county magistrates resident within it; and whether he will confer with the Lord Chancellor with a view to the appointment upon his recommendation of additional and suitable magistrates for that part of the West Riding which comprises the North Bierley Union?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH, Fife, E.)Yes, Sir; this matter is at present engaging the Lord Chancellor's attention; and as soon as he comes to a final decision upon it, I will inform my hon. Friend.