§ 61. Mr. WHITELEYasked the Attorney-General whether he is aware that Mr. Henry Bolton, Chairman of the Blaydon Urban District Council, has been removed from the county bench on account of having been convicted, during the time of the general strike, of an offence against the Emergency Regulations; and whether, in view of the circumstances at the time, and the position of Mr. Bolton on the urban district council, he will make representations to the Lord Chancellor as to the possibility of reconsidering the matter?
§ The ATTORNEY - GENERAL (Sir Douglas Hogg)Mr. Henry Bolton, who 594 was a justice of the peace by virtue of his office of Chairman of the Blaydon Urban District Council, has been excluded from the exercise of his functions as a justice by the Lord Chancellor in consequence of his conviction for a serious offence under the Emergency Regulations, 1926. The Lord Chancellor has carefully considered the matter, and has decided that he cannot alter his decision.
§ Mr. WHITELEYCan the right hon. Gentleman inform the House whether such a decision would still remain in operation if Mr. Bolton were to be appointed Chairman of the Council next year?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALI think that that is a hypothetical question.