§ Mr. Juddasked the Attorney-General whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the number of times in each of the past five years that the Lord Chancellor's Department has sent letters to magistrates cautioning them or requesting explanations or assurances about their personal conduct; in what circumstances 500W such letters were sent; what criteria were used in deciding so to write; and what was the result in each case.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe amount of work involved in producing the information for which my hon. Friend asks would not be justified. In any event, communications between my noble Friend the Lord Chancellor and those occupying judicial positions are confidential.