HC Deb 21 March 1979 vol 964 c607W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether in view of the Government's acceptance of the Bennett committee report that persons held under the Emergency Provisions Act should have access to solicitors within 48 hours of being held, he will now introduce the same procedures in the United Kingdom for prisoners held under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to his question yesterday.—[Vol. 964, c. 514.] The general question of access to solicitors in relation to procedure in England and Wales is among the matters which are being examined by the Royal Commission on criminal procedure.