§ MR. J. LLOYD MORGAN (Carmarthen, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the question of introducing a Bill during the course of the Session to provide for the payment of the expenses of common jurors while attending assizes and quarter sessions; and to give them reasonable remuneration for loss of time necessarily incurred?
§ SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEYI am afraid I cannot promise that the Government will be able to deal with this question during the present Session. I think, however, that, at any rate so far as out-of-pocket expenses are concerned, some such proposal is worthy of consideration. As the expenditure involved would have to be met out of local funds, I suggested to a deputation which saw me last year, and of which the hon. Member was one, that steps might be taken to ascertain the feeling of the local authorities on the subject. Up to the present time, however, I have had very few representations on the subject.