§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to empower magistrates in England and Wales to impose penalties for contempt in the face of the court.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe Report of the Phillimore Committee on Contempt of Court (Cmnd. 5794) recommended that magistrates in England and Wales should be given power to impose penalties up to a £20 fine or seven days' imprisonment for contempt in the face of the court. The Government are considering this and the other recommendations of the report.