HC Deb 23 November 1920 vol 135 c211
27. Major BARNES

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what, if any, remedy remains for a person winning an appeal to Quarter Sessions to whom costs are not awarded; and, if no remedy, is it proposed to amend the law on this point?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Shortt)

The law allow Courts of Quarter Session discretion as to whether a successful appellant shall be given costs or not, and I do not contemplate proposing any legislation to interfere with that discretion.