§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities have written to him on the subject of ethnic minorities and magistrates' clerks in the last six months.
§ Mr. MayhewNone so far as we are aware.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report his reply to a letter to his Department received in November 1981 from the chief executive of Leicester city council on the compulsory instruction of magistrates' clerks in understanding the way of life of ethnic minorities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MayhewWe have been unable to trace the receipt of any such letter.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Her Majesty's Government are considering taking steps to introduce the compulsory instruction of magistrates' clerks in understanding the way of life of ethnic minorities.
§ Mr. MayhewThere are at present no plans to introduce compulsory instruction of magistrates' clerks on any matter.