§ Mr. Molloyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider taking powers to enable him to conduct an inquiry into cases where a juror alleges that improper pressure has been put on him by his fellow jurors.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNo. For reasons I gave in reply to Questions by my hon. Friend on 9th March retrospective action in regard to the proceedings of a jury would be destructive of the whole principle of the finality of verdicts.—[Vol. 743, c. 1737–8.]