§ 24. Mr. MANDERasked the Attorney-General if consideration will be given to the advisability of removing from the bench those magistrates who recently at Wisbech illegally sent five boys to an industrial school?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir Thomas Inskip)My Noble Friend the Lord Chancellor has already given careful consideration to this matter, and I have nothing to add to the answer given to the hon. Gentleman on 1st February.
§ Mr. MANDERDoes my right hon. and learned Friend think that magistrates who deliberately break the law are suitable for administering justice?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALThe hon. Gentleman, so far as my information goes, has no ground whatever for saying that these magistrates have deliberately broken the law. The magistrates undoubtedly made a grave error in their jurisdiction, but I see no reason for treating them as if they had behaved dishonestly or corruptly.