§ MR. COWANI beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General whether, in view of the fact that it is proposed to abolish the property qualification for Justices of the Peace in counties in England and Wales, he will take steps to assimilate the amount of £4, payable as foes to the county officials on an appointment as Justice of the Peace for a county in England and Wales, to the smaller amount payable on such appointments in Scotland.
§ *THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir JOHN WALTON, Leeds, S.)I think it is very desirable that the amount of the fees payable by Justices should be reduced to a reasonable sum. I am informed by the Home Office that every effort is made to effect this result, and to limit the charge to £2 in the case of ordinary Justices of the Peace, and 5s. in the case of those appointed ex officio. I am not aware of the amount paid in Scotland, and, therefore, cannot say whether the table applying in that country should be adopted in England.