§ MR. COHEN (Islington, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can inform the House whether, in considering the recommendations of Lord Lieutenants, it has been the practice of successive Lord Chancellors to inquire as to the political opinions of the gentlemen whose names are submitted to them for appointment as Justices of the Peace?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH, Fife, E.)I am not aware, and have no special means for ascertaining, what has been the practice of Lord Chancellors in the matter referred to.