HC Deb 31 December 1916 vol 88 cc1641-2
57. Mr. WATT

asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he proposes to adopt any new methods of dealing with the rota of justices of the peace in Scotland whereby the presence of justices arbitrarily selected by the clerks is constantly called for, while the others on the roll are correspondingly neglected; and whether he will insist that all clerks to justices will call all in turn to serve?

The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. Munro)

As my hon. and learned Friend has frequently been informed, the control of the matters referred to rests with the justices themselves, and any complaint regarding the arrangements for the constitution of their Courts should be addressed to the justices of the jurisdiction concerned.