§ Mr. B. SMITHasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of George William Thomas Turner, a London General Omnibus driver, who was convicted on 29th December of being drunk whilst in charge of his vehicle and sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the second division, and who, on appealing against this decison on 8th February, was successful in such appeal, in spite of which he has to pay the costs of the proceedings and is not compensated for the period of over a month during which he was debarred from following his occupation; and will he give early consideration to the necessity for revising the law on this subject, in view of the circumstances quoted above and the high cost of such appeals, which is anything between £40 and £80?
Mr. DAVIESMy inquiries are not completed, and I would ask my hon. Friend to postpone his question for a week.