§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to amend the law in Wales and England, to bring it into line with the law in Scotland, to provide that if a remand prisoner is not brought to trial within 110 days he has to be released.
§ Mr. MayhewThe Government's position on this matter was made clear in their reply to the report from the Home Affairs Committee on the prison service—Cmnd. 8446, pages 13–14. The Government endorse the view of the Royal Commission on criminal procedure that the speed with which cases are brought to trial is determined almost entirely by the volume of business before the courts and the resources available to deal with it.