§ MR. BRACE (Glamorgan, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to cases in which persons whose names have been added to the list of the justices of the peace for a county in England or Wales, have been required to take the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath before acting as magistrates, although they had previously taken these oaths prior to sitting as magistrates by virtue of holding the office of chairman of an urban district council situated in the same county; and whether he will take steps by legislation or otherwise to render unnecessary a second taking of these oaths.
§ *MR. GLADSTONEI regret that I am unable to answer the hon. Member's Question, since it raises a point of law which I have no authority to determine.