§ 60. Mr. Robert Morganasked the Home Secretary whether he will consider appointing experimentally women stipendiary magistrates to take charge of selected juvenile courts?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonIn London the work of the juvenile courts has, since 1936, been carried out by lay justices, and in two of the six juvenile courts experienced women have acted as chairmen regularly and successfully. Whatever may be the arguments for the appointment of women as stipendiary magistrates, experience in London affords no support for any suggestion that such appointments are required because of difficulty in securing the services of highly competent lay justices. Outside the Metropolitan Police Court District I have no power to nominate stipendiary magistrates unless an application for such an appointment is made by the local authority.