HC Deb 01 December 1986 vol 106 c483W
Mr. Maclennan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he received the Justices' Clerks Society's report "Professional Qualification of Court Clerks in the Magistrates' Courts"; and what substantive reply he made.

Mr. Mellor

We received the society's paper in September 1985. My right hon. Friend recently informed the society of his decision, not to propose any change in the qualifications provided for by the justices' clerks (qualifications of assistants) rules 1979 for the foreseeable future.

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