§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Surrey 327W North-West, on Tuesday 2nd May, whether he will consider making the relevant changes in the reasons for granting bail form, at the earliest opportunity, in order that in those cases where defendants are granted conditional bail, the penalties for absconding are clearly stated for the defendants to know.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI shall consider in the light of experience whether a change in the prescribed form is desirable. But I have no reason yet to believe that the arrangements I described in the reply to which the hon. Member refers are not working satisfactorily, and I believe it would be wrong to make precipitate changes in the implementation of an Act so recently brought into force.