§ MR. WARDLE (Stockport)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the case of William Carrington, tried at the Walsall Police Court on 5th November, in which William Carrington was fined 2s. 6d. for the irregular attendance of his daughter, notwithstanding that Dr. Stead certified that the child in question was suffering from heart disease and St. Vitus' dance and had been kept at home by his express instructions; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) My attention has not previously been called to the case, but I will make inquiries into it.