§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the implications for retaining clerks in the magistrates' courts of the differences in pay between the Crown Prosecution Service and magistrates' clerks; what action he proposes to take; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Shersby) on 23 June, at column683.