§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the reduced right of challenge of jurors, in the light of the findings of the Survey of Criminal Trials, conducted by Messrs. McConville and Baldwin, with a view to restoring the original right of peremptory challenge so as to provide for the possibility of greater representation of ethnic and other minorities on juries; if he will review the scope of challenge for cause, in the light of other deficiencies revealed in this survey; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesNo. The conclusions reached by Dr. Baldwin and Mr. McConville in their book "Jury Trials" give me no reason to believe that a review of the law on challenging jurors—either peremptorily or for cause—is necessary. I invite my hon. Friend's attention, in this regard, to pages 91 to 93 of the book.