§ Mr. OnslowTo ask the Attorney-General if the Lord Chancellor will draw the Magistrates' Association's attention to the requirement for the courts to have regard to any financial benefit which may accrue, or appear likely to accrue, to offenders convicted of unauthorised felling of a protected tree; and if he wil make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe possibility of benefit is a matter which magistrates should take into account in such cases. The Lord Chancellor, in his capacity as president of the Magistrates' Association, will take the opportunity of referring to this matter, and expressing his personal views on it, on a suitable occasion when addressing members of the association.