§ 22. Mr. Elwyn Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to announce the composition and terms of reference of the Inter-Departmental Committee on arrangements for bringing offenders to trial, with particular reference to the problem of providing the court with 1480 information needed in determining treatment.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerMr. Justice Streatfeild has been good enough to accept the chairmanship of the Committee, and I hope to be able to announce the names of the other members before very long. The terms of reference will be:
To review the present arrangements in England and Wales (a) for bringing to trial persons charged with criminal offences, and (b) for providing the courts with the information necessary to enable them to select the most appropriate treatment for offenders, and to consider whether, having regard to the desirability of ensuring that cases are brought before the courts and disposed of expeditiously, any changes are required in these arrangements or in those for the dispatch of business by the courts; and to report.