§ Mr. Rifkindasked the Attorney-General on how many occasions in each of the last 10 years where there has been a conviction by magistrates' courts there have been retrials ab initio by a superior court.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn England and Wales an appeal against conviction by a magistrates' court is disposed of by a rehearing of the whole case by the Crown Court. This Court came into existence on 1st January 1972 and the number of appeals against convictions by magistrates' courts heard since then are:
1972 5,600 1973 5,035 1974 4,879 1975 5,303 Before 1972 such appeals were disposed of by a similar procedure by quarter sessions and statistics—by the number of appellants rather than by the number of
406WLocal Authorities on 22nd November at which proposed changes in rate support grant were announced, but I have been informed of the thorough examination undertaken by the council of its expenditure programmes.