§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Home Secretary whether the evidence which is being given before the Committee considering legal aid to poor persons is being recorded and will be published; and, if not, whether, in view of the public interest attaching to the subject, he will arrange, in conjunction with the Lord Chancellor, that a shorthand note be taken of future evidence and a transcript published in order that the public may be informed as to the nature of the facts upon which the Committee will form its conclusions?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe evidence has not been recorded in shorthand, and having regard to the considerable expense which would be involved in so recording it, and subsequently transcribing and publishing it, the Lord Chancellor and I are not prepared to take the course suggested. A note of the evidence taken in longhand, and corrected by the witnesses, will be available for inspection at the close of the inquiry.