HL Deb 10 April 1974 vol 350 cc1363-4WA
LORD GARDINER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When the Home Office received the report of their Working Party on Bail and what is now holding up its publication, and the publication of the Report of the Advisory Council on the Penal System, Young Adult Offenders.

LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH

The Report of the Working Party on Bail Procedures in Magistrates' Courts was received on November 26, 1973. Its publication and that of the Report of the Advisory Council on the Penal System have been delayed by printing difficulties resulting from the energy crisis and the paper shortage. They are expected to be published within the next few weeks.