§ LORD REIGATEasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of defendants refused bail have been subsequently granted it on application to a judge in chambers or in a Crown Court.
VISCOUNT COLVILLE OF CULROSSIn 1972, about 8.5 per cent. of applications for bail to a judge in chambers were successful. I regret that comparable figures for the Crown Court are not available.
House adjourned at twenty-three minutes past nine o'clock.