§ 84. Mr. Stewardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the Lord Chief Justice's comments on the strain to which jurors are subjected in protracted assize cases; and whether he will consider the suggestion that juries should be reduced from 12 to seven as during the last war.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeI have taken note of the Lord Chief Justice's observations, and I shall bear them in mind, but legislation would be necessary to enable the change referred to by my hon. Friend to be made, and I can hold out no hope of early legislation on this subject.