HC Deb 27 January 1966 vol 723 cc100-1W
74. Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what study has been carried out by his legal department into the inquisitorial system of magistrates, in view of the advantages of this system over the present one; and what conclusions have been reached.

Miss Bacon

My right hon. Friend has no proposals under consideration for a change of the kind suggested. The Criminal Law Revision Committee are however considering the whole law of criminal evidence; and the admissibility of confessions and the questioning of suspects are within their terms of reference.