HL Deb 31 March 1999 vol 599 cc68-9WA
Lord Lamont of Lerwick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether any leak about the deliberations of judges to a newspaper, in advance of a judgment by those judges, is in the interests of justice. [HL1643]

The Lord Chancellor

No. It is not in the interests of justice for the deliberations of judges to be leaked to the newspapers in advance of delivery of a judgment.