§ MR. TALBOT (Oxford University)To ask Mr. Attorney-General whether arrangements have now been made, in accordance with the rules passed under the Criminal Appeal Act, for the employment of shorthand writers in the various Courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions; what remuneration is proposed to be given to them; what relief is to be provided in the event of Courts sitting late; and whether opportunities will be secured to the Judges and presiding chairmen of revising the reports of their summing up.
(Answered by Sir William Robson.) Arrangements have been made in accordance with the rules passed under the Criminal Appeal Act for the employment of shorthand writers in the various Courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions. A scale of of remuneration has been settled by the Treasury. The question of what relief is to be provided in the event of the Courts sitting late may have to be considered in the light of experience. It does not seem altogether desirable to give opportunities to the Judges and presiding chairmen to revise the reports of their summing up.