§ 14. Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEasked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the advisability of making it a condition of the employment of the agents of voluntary societies as probation officers that they should not be required to take part in the collection from private charity of that part of their emoluments which is received from the voluntary society?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI agree that such a practice as that referred to would be very undesirable, and, while I do not anticipate that under the new conditions it will continue, I shall be prepared if necessary to take steps to discourage it.
§ 15. Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEasked the Home Secretary what steps he proposes to take, whether by the appointment of inspectors or otherwise, to secure that grants from public funds shall not be paid to any probation authority which is not efficiently performing its duties under Part I of the Criminal Justice Act, 1925?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe Probation Grant, which will only be payable in respect of approved expenditure, will be carefully administered by the Children's Branch of the Home Office, with the assistance of the financial officers and the probation and other inspectors attached to that branch. It is not at present proposed to appoint any additional inspectors.