§ MR. JACOBY (Derbyshire, Mid.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware 1285 that the goods of Gershom Squires and Jabez Hatfield, of Wirksworth, have been seized for the third time for recovery of the same amount of costs incurred under the Vaccination Acts, these men's goods having been seized and sold in July last, again seized to the value of £400 in December last, but not sold owing to failure on part of the auctioneer; whether he can explain under what authority the third seizure was made, and if any action will be taken.
§ *MR. RITCHIEI am informed by the Chief Constable of Derbyshire that the defendants named were ordered in December, 1900, and January, 1901, respectively, to pay the costs of orders under the Vaccination Acts, and refused to pay. The warrants were only partially enforced at the first distress owing to the action of persons in sympathy with the defendants, and on the second occasion in December the auctioneer failed to attend. The police have now taken further steps to recover the amount due. I have neither the authority nor the desire to interfere with the enforcement of the law.