§ Mr. ARNOLD WARDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his attention has been called to a speech made by Mr. Cecil Chapman, one of the magistrates of the police-courts of the metropolis, at Chorley Wood, on 25th May, in support of Woman Suffrage, in which he attacked the law as unjust and unequal, and accused the Government of cruelly sweating the women in their employment; whether the delivery of speeches of this character by magistrates of the police-courts of the metropolis is permitted by the regulations of their service; and, if not, whether he proposes to take any steps in the matter?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENNThe attention of my right hon. Friend had not been drawn to the speech referred to until the hon. Member sent him a newspaper report of it, and he is communicating with the magistrate upon the subject.