§ 30. Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Home Secretary if he will consider the advisability of following the precedent set on Peace Day and give an order to close all the Police Courts on Bank Holiday and Saturday, 27th December, having regard to the small amount of crime that now occurs at Christmas?
§ Major BAIRDThere is no power to close the Courts on 26th December, and, after consulting the chief magistrate, my right hon. Friend does not think it desirable to close them on the 27th.