§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will institute discussions with local authorities with a view to arriving at agreed arrangements for the designation of courts for, and the financing of, trials requiring conditions of special security.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe selection of the place at which a person is to be tried on indictment is a matter for the courts. On the question of financing I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a Question by the hon. and learned Member for South Fylde (Mr. Gardner) on 4th July.—[Vol. 894, c 571–2.]