Sir HOWELL DAVIESI desire to ask the Attorney-General a question, of which I have given him private notice—namely, if he will consent to advise the magistrate before whom Mr. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence are now appearing on a charge of conspiracy, that he does not object to bail being allowed to the defendants pending their trial, on terms and on conditions similar to those accorded to Mr. Tom Mann?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir Rufus Isaacs)I have already given directions that no opposition should be offered by counsel to the application for bail. Of course, the admission to bail rests entirely with the Court and not with me. My directions are accompanied by a demand for an undertaking that there should be no incitement to violence by either of the defendants if released on bail.
§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEMay I ask whether a similar rule applies to Mrs. Pankhurst?
§ Sir RUFUS ISAACSCertainly, after the expiration of her sentence.
§ Mr. KEIR HARDIEWould it not be possible for Mrs. Pankhurst to be released on the understanding that the remaining part of her sentence will be served after the trial?
§ Sir RUFUS ISAACSI think that could not possibly be done.