§ Mr. Soleyasked the Attorney-General whether, in the light of the case of Mr. Joseph Bennett, he has any plans to review the supergrass system in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe practice of the Director of Public prosecutions in relation to the evidence of accomplices in criminal trials and the granting of an immunity to accomplices was set out fully in my answer to a question from my hon. and learned Friend, the Member for Leicester, South (Mr. Spencer) on 24 October 1983. I see no reason to review the criteria applied, and the practice followed, by the Director of Public Prosecutions described in my answer.