§ 33. Sir B. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the difficulty caused by the absence of any provision for financial loss allowance by justices of the peace and by the provisions disabling justices of the peace who perform their duties not more than three miles from their normal place of residence from entitlement to subsistence allowances; and what action he proposes to take to remove this restriction.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI am glad to inform my hon. Friend, to whose active interest in this matter I pay tribute, that the Government agree in principle to the payment of financial loss allowances and the removal of the three-mile restriction on substistence allowance, and legislation will be introduced when circumstances permit.
§ Sir B. JannerI thank my right hon. Friend for his reply. Is he aware that it will give considerable satisfaction to those concerned in this matter and that in the circumstances I propose to withdraw the Bill which stands in my name?
§ Mr. JenkinsI am most grateful to my hon. Friend. He has played a great part in bringing about this acceptance in principle.