§ MR. POWELL WILLIAMS (Birmingham, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can make any further statement to the House respecting the difficulties which have arisen in relation to procedure under "The Assizes Relief Act, 1889," and as to any steps which may have been taken by the Lord Chancellor to obviate those difficulties?
§ MR. ASQUITHI am in communication with the Lord Chancellor with regard to this matter, but am not at present in a position to make a statement.