§ Mr. Pikeasked the Lord Privy Seal if the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is satisfied that the magistrates in the area of each bench in Lancashire are representative of that area.
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Total Accrington 2 — — 5 5 12 Blackburn 6 — 5 2 6 19 Blackpool 5 8 9 11 10 43 Bumley 3 — 6 4 11 24 Chorley 4 1 6 1 4 16 Church — 1 — — 3 4 Darwen 2 — — 5 2 9 Fylde 3 7 3 1 2 16 Lancaster 6 8 5 — 8 27 Ormskirk 16 6 3 3 7 35 Pendle 5 5 4 3 8 25 Preston 9 1 8 6 5 29 Ribble Valley 1 — — 3 2 6 Rossendale 10 — — 2 5 17 South Ribble — 5 4 2 9 20 Wyre 8 8 6 5 2 29 Total 80 50 59 53 89 331