§ Mr. Hillasked the Attorney-General whether the Lord Chancellor will issue guidelines suggesting to magistrates that where any person is convicted of an assault on licensed premises he be automatically excluded under the terms of the Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act.
The Solicitor-GeneralWhen the Lord Chancellor addressed the annual general meeting of the Magistrates' Association last October he reminded magistrates that there are cases where an exclusion order is appropriate following conviction for offences in public houses. Parliament, however, has vested a discretion on the courts on such occasions, and it would not therefore be open to the Lord Chancellor to suggest that exclusion be automatic.