HC Deb 12 March 1936 vol 309 c2338W
Mr. CREECH JONES

asked the Home Secretary whether he will have recorded at the Home Office statistical information in respect to persons who are remanded in custody and refused bail and who are subsequently not convicted?

Sir J. SIMON

The question whether a Court is right in granting or refusing bail has no relation to the question whether the accused is or is not subsequently convicted, and I do not think that the labour that would be involved in collecting and tabulating this information would be justified.