§ MR. CHARLES SHAW (Stafford)I beg to ask the Attorney General if the Lord Chancellor contemplates issuing an Order in Council for the abolition of civic business at all future assizes in the borough of Stafford; if he can state what are the exact terms of such proposed Order; and to request that such Order may not be promulgated until the local authorities and the county council have had an opportunity of expressing their protests against any such change.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERALI venture to refer my hon. Friend to my answer to the previous questions on this subject. The Lord Chancellor has assured me that no Orders will be made without affording the localities interested an opportunity of expressing their views upon the matter.