HC Deb 04 July 1988 vol 136 c405W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the time limit of 110 days between arrest and being brought to trial will apply to Merseyside and the Liverpool Crown court.

Mr. John Patten

We plan to extend custody time limits to other areas next year but it is too early to say whether Merseyside will be among them. We hope time limits will be in force throughout England in 1990.