§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Attorney-General if he will list his powers to authorise the vetting of juries in criminal cases.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Mr. Smith) on 28 January 1985.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Attorney-General if he will list the criteria that are applied in the vetting of juries in criminal cases when such vetting is authorised by him.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI issued guidelines on this matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions on 31 July 1980. A copy is in the Library of the House. The guidelines are strictly observed.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Attorney-General on what grounds a member of a jury panel would not be permitted to serve on a jury following vetting authorised by him in a criminal case.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI refer the hon. Member to paragraph 9 of the guidelines that I issued to the Director of Public Prosecutions on 31 July 1980. A copy of those guidelines is in the Library of the House.