§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention has been directed to the inconvenience to suitors owing to the undermanned condition of the English Judicial Bench and the consequent congestion of business and the loss of time and expense thereby entailed; and whether he proposes any and, if so, what remedy for this defect in the administration of justice.
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.My attention has not been called to the circumstances mentioned by the hon. Gentleman. As I understand them, the observations made by the Chief Justice would seem to indicate that the hon. Member's view of the present judicial situation is based on a misapprehension.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLDid not the Lord Chief Justice say exactly the opposite some time ago?
§ [No Answer was returned.]