§ MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the serious physical discomfort to which jurymen ere subjected owing to the construction of the jury box; and whether, as the pattern of the jury box has come down to us unaltered from a time when criminal trials seldom, if ever, lasted more than one day, whereas trials now frequently extend over a week and upwards, he will, by means of a Home Office circular or otherwise, communicate with the local autho- 82 rities having the charge of court houses, with a view to remedy this unnecessary inconvenience suffered in the discharge of an imperative and important public duty?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTI have never, I think, received any complaints on this subject which would justify my taking such action as the honourable Member suggests, but I shall be ready, of course, to give attention to any representations that may be made to me.