HC Deb 16 March 1931 vol 249 cc1685-6W
Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

asked the Home Secretary whether he will take steps to restrict the publication in newspapers of accounts of trials for murder?

Mr. CLYNES

It is a cardinal feature of our system that criminal trials should be public, and it is a matter of opinion how far the advantages of that system outweigh any possible disadvantages?