§ Sir K. WOODasked the Home Secretary the alterations of the boundaries that have recently taken place in relation to the Woolwich and Greenwich police courts and the objects of such alterations; what representations he has received from the Woolwich Borough Council in relation thereto; and whether he is taking any further action in the matter?
§ Mr. CLYNESFollowing on recommendations made by the Committee on Metropolitan Police Courts (Stationery Office publication 34–119 of 1929) for a better redistribution of work, especially as regards the Greenwich and Woolwich Courts, there was careful inquiry, and after full consideration parts of the Greenwich Division were transferred to the Tower Bridge and Lambeth Courts, while to the Greenwich Court was transferred a small part of Woolwich from which that court is more conveniently accessible. I have received representations from the Woolwich Borough Council asking for the retransfer of this part to the Woolwich Court; the latest representation is under consideration, but it is impracticable to make every Police Court Division follow exactly the boundaries of particular Metropolitan boroughs.