§ MR. WHITMORE (Chelsea)I bog to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has now come to any decision with respect to the recommendation made in the Report of the Departmental Committee on Metro- 94 politan Police Courts, that two additional Magistrates should be appointed at once?
THE SECRETARY OK STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITTI,) Fife, E.The Government have come to the conclusion that they would not be justified, for a Metropolitan purpose, in increasing the charge upon the Consolidated Fund to the extent which would be necessary if the recommendations of the Committee were carried into effect. The whole question of the best way of dealing with the difficulty is receiving my careful attention.
§ MR. WHITMOREI shall call attention to the Report of the Committee on the Estimates.