§ 24. Mr. W. J. BROWNasked the Home Secretary on what ground he has declined to intervene in regard to the sentence of six months' hard labour passed upon Matthew Robson, on the occasion of his first offence, by the Leicester Court, although requested to do so by the Liverpool justices?
Mr. GLYNESIt is the long-established practice, which has often been approved by this House, that the Home Secretary does not state publicly the reasons in any particular case for advising or not advising the exercise of the Royal Prerogative.