§ 54. Sir J. Langford-Holtasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that a successful uncontested prosecution appeal against an acquittal in a magistrates' court may result in a respondent having to pay costs substantially more than the maximum fine to which a person would have been liable in the event of conviction; and if he will take steps to see that this cannot happen.
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§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to his Question on 27th February.—[Vol. 742. c.35.]