HC Deb 18 January 1999 vol 323 c323W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department what representations he received from Derbyshire Dales District Council about the closure of magistrates courts in West Derbyshire before he made his decision. [65438]

Mr. Hoon

I received nine representations from Derbyshire Dales District Council before a final decision was made to close the courthouses of Ashbourne, Bakewell and Matlock in West Derbyshire.