§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the statement made by Mr. Justice 1315W Darling, at the recent Hampshire Assizes, that jurors in county boroughs are liable to serve on juries at the Assizes; if he is aware that jurors in remote parts of the counties are compelled to attend at Assizes and Sessions without even being paid their out-of-pocket expenses, sometimes staying away, in consequence, from their businesses for days at a time; and whether he will take steps to remedy this grievance, especially bearing in mind the increase in railway rates and the cost of living?
§ Major BAIRDMy right hon. Friend has seen a report of the statement made by Mr. Justice Darling that jurors in Quarter Sessions Boroughs were not exempt from jury service at the County Assizes. Attention was drawn to this by the Committee on Jury Law and Practice of 1913. I think there is much to be said in favour of the payment to jurymen of their out-of-pocket expenses, but the Home Secretary regrets that he does not at present see his way to initiate legislation for that purpose.