§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Attorney-General whether he will give the costs of the Bloom trial and all expenses and costs involved before the trial.
The Attorney-GeneralThe total cost of the proceedings against Mr. Bloom and those charged with him is not yet known. The prosecution costs at his trial and 99W at that of two of those charged with him were £30,237 1s. 5d. The costs of the earlier proceedings were given in an answer to the hon. Member on 20th October, 1969.—[Vol. 788, c. 758–9.]