§ Mr. FOOTasked the Attorney-General whether his attention has been drawn to the comment of counsel in the trial of Bywaters as to the exceptional privilege of reply given to Law Officers of the Crown when conducting a prosecution; and whether he will take steps to withdraw this privilege so that Law Officers of the Crown may be placed on an equal footing with other counsel as to the order of precedence in the final address to the jury?
§ Sir D. HOGGThe whole question of the position of the Crown in litigation, including the point raised by the hon. Member, is under consideration by a Committee appointed by the late Lord Chancellor and presided over by the Lord Chief Justice. I have been added to that Committee, and I shall await their report before deciding what steps, if any, should be taken.