§ Mr. Maloneasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the second report of the Stewart committee on alternatives to prosecution will be published.
§ Mr. YoungerThe committee's second report, "Keeping Offenders Out of Court: Further Alternatives to Prosecution" was laid before the House yesterday and is published today. Copies are available in the Vote Office. My noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate and I are grateful to Lord Stewart and the other members of the committee for their thorough report. We shall be consulting interested bodies and will consider the recommendations in the light of the comments we receive.