§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider raising the minimum age limit for jurors to 21 years and introducing a maximum age limit of 70 years.
§ Mr. MellorWe have no present plans to alter the age limits for jury service.
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce measures to extend the categories of convicted persons who are disqualified from jury service.
§ Mr. MellorI very much welcome the introduction by my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Watson) of the Juries (Disqualification) Bill, which is set down for Second Reading on 2 Decem3er and which will substantially extend the existing grounds for disqalification from jury service of those with criminal convictions.