Crown Prosecution Service Counsel (Hansard, 24 July 1997)

HC Deb 24 July 1997 vol 298 c719W 719W

§ Mr. Mitchell
To ask the Attorney-General if he will estimate the financial impact of using salaried counsel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service to represent all its cases in higher courts. [9860]

§ The Attorney-General
No such estimate is available. The Lord Chancellor and the designated judges have still to take a decision on rights of audience for employed barristers.