§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to a recent decision of the magistrate at the Marylebone Police Court, in which a medical man, who claimed a certificate of exemption under the Vaccination Act in respect of a child born in August last was required to pay a fee of 1s. for the exemption certificate; and, seeing
† See page 235.612 that this fee has to be paid by persons of the poorer classes who have conscientious objections to vaccination, will he state upon what ground a magistrate has power to make this charge for an exemption certificate.(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) A fee such as that mentioned is charged for a certificate of exemption from vaccination in accordance with the ordinary law governing the charges made in connection with proceedings before magistrates. The charge is not confined to this class of certificate. The magistrate has power in a proper case, on application, to remit fees.