§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he would state what was the estimated cost to the public, including the actual fees paid to the counsel who appeared on behalf of the Treasury, in connection with the various inquests on the persons who were killed during the recent shooting affray in 144 Houndsditch, and the magisterial inquiry and trial of the persons alleged to have been implicated in the attempted burglary at the shop of Mr. Harris?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe total fees payable to counsel who appeared on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions at the various inquests and at the magisterial inquiry and trial amount to £738 10s. 6d., and miscellaneous expenses amounting to £69 19s. 7d. have also been incurred. It is impossible to estimate even approximately the total cost that will ultimately fall on public funds, including, as it will, allowances made to witnesses attending at the various coroners' inquests, the magisterial inquiry, and the trial at the Central Criminal Court, and also, probably, the costs of an appeal.