HC Deb 20 November 1972 vol 846 c296W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he will not initiate amending legislation to enable any person who has pleaded guilty without legal advice in a magistrates' court to a first offence punishable with imprisonment to have a right of appeal against conviction.

Mr. Carlisle

Because he is aware of no sufficient grounds for promoting such legislation and confining it to this limited category of persons.