§ Sir BERKELEY SHEFFIELD (Lincolnshire, Brigg)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the remarks made by the magistrate with reference to the case of a girl of tender age who had been brought to London from Lancashire by the suffragettes; and, if so, what action he proposes to take.
§ MR. GLADSTONEI have seen a report of the magistrate's remarks on the case of two girls, one from Preston, and the other from Huddersfield, which I think were justified. The magistrate tells me that he has made satisfactory arrangements for one of them to go home to her friends to-day, and he hopes, if the other will consent, to deal with her in the same way next Wednesday.