§ 32. Mr. DAVID DAVIESasked the Attorney-General the names of the advisory committee for Glamorgan appointed for the purpose of selecting justices of the peace?
§ THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir Thomas Inskip)With the hon. Member's permission I will circulate the names of the advisory committee in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the names:
§ Glamorganshire Advisory Committee.
§ Chairman: The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth.
§ Lieut.-Colonel J. I. D. Nicholl, J.P.
§ Lieut.-Colonel H. E. M. Lindsay, C.B., J.P.
§ Major Sir William Cope, K.C.
§ Lieut.-Colonel Sir Rhys Williams, Bart., D.S.O., K.C., J.P.
§ Abel Potter Thomas, Esq., J.P.
§ Henry Howard Evans, Esq., J.P.
§ Alderman Sir William Jenkins, M.P.
§ Alderman Hubert Jenkins, J.P.
§ Mathew Griffiths, Esq., J.P.
§ 33. Mr. DAVIESasked the Attorney-General the number of justices of the peace in the Pontypridd Parliamenetary Division?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALI regret I am unable to give the hon. Gentleman this information. No record is kept of the number of justices in a Parliamentary Division, since they are appointed to 1627 serve in a county generally. For convenience they are usually allocated to different Petty Sessional Divisions, but the boundaries do not as a rule or in this case coincide with those of any Parliamentary Division.
§ 34. Mr. DAVIESasked the Attorney-General what considerations as to suitability and qualifications are taken into account when making appointments of justices of the peace?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALMy Noble Friend the Lord Chancellor relies upon the local advisory committees to recommend to him persons of moral and good personal character, general ability, business habits, independent judgment, and common sense.
§ Mr. E. WILLIAMSIs the right hon. and learned Gentleman aware that there is some feeling in Glamorgan that public men who have rendered great service are being debarred from this honour by other persons who have rendered much less service? Will the Lord Chancellor reconsider the matter?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALI will call my Noble Friend's attention to the question, but I think I may say that all the men in Glamorgan who possess all these qualities cannot possibly find room on the bench.
§ Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMSWhy is it easier for a Socialist working man than for a Tory working man to get on the bench?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALThe answer to that question is that it is not easier.
§ Mr. E. WILLIAMSIs not the answer that there are many more Socialist working men than Tory working men?
§ Mr. MACQUISTENIs it not the case that the qualifications named are very high ones?