asked the Attorney-General, what representations have been received by the Lord Chancellor, or other appropriate authority, within the past three years advocating an extension of the jurisdiction of county courts?

During the past three years the Lord Chancellor has received the following representations advocating an extension of the jurisdiction of the county courts:

(1) The Council of County Court Judges recommended that the jurisdiction should be increased to £200, with power to increase further from time to time by Order in Council up to £500. They also advocated jurisdiction in libel and slander.

(2) The Associated Provincial Law Societies resolved in favour of an increase of the jurisdiction to £300.

(3) The Business of Courts Committee, although it reported against an extension of the jurisdiction in actions commenced in the County Court, recommended that the High Court should have power to remit actions to the County Court up to £200.