HC Deb 20 October 1969 vol 788 cc165-6W
77. Mr. Lipton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of accused persons tried at the Old Bailey in 1968 and 1969 to the latest convenient date had to wait longer than the eight weeks recommended by the Streatfeild Committee as the period within which a person should be brought to trial.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

In 1968, 66 per cent. and, during the first nine months of 1969, 58 per cent.