Mr. ARNOLD HERBERTasked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the fact that the county court judges are unable to cope with the amount of business at present assigned to the county courts, it is the intention of the Government to make a large addition to the number of county court judges in the event of the Bill just introduced for the purpose of removing the limit of jurisdiction of the county courts becoming law?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am informed that it is not the fact that county court judges are unable to cope with the amount of business at present assigned to them. If 1649 the Bill just introduced becomes law, there will be a considerable transfer of work from the county court judges to the registrar in cases below £5. Also, it is quite possible that the work may be further reduced by alteration of the law in regard to imprisonment for debt, which would take a very great part of their work away.