§ 75. Lieut. - Commander ASTBURYasked the Attorney-General if his attention has been drawn to the congestion in cases set down for hearing at the Westminster County Court, which results in cases having to be adjourned several times, to the great expense and inconvenience of poor suitors; and whether arrangements can be made to reinforce the Bench at that Court?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir Douglas Hogg)There was considerable congestion at the Court in the early part of 1925. Steps were then taken to reinforce the Bench, and the Lord Chancellor has every reason to suppose that those steps were effectual and that there is now no unusual congestion. Efforts are always made to advance and dispose of small cases which are those in which, for the most part, poor suitors are involved. The Lord Chancellor will continue to watch closely the conditions both of Westminster and of the other London Courts and, if necessity arises, to arrange for further help to the Judges of the Courts. Meanwhile, if my hon. 1847 Friend has any specific case under his notice, it would be well if he were to communicate with the Lord Chancellor.