§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department where he will be introducing tagging as a condition of bail; and what criteria he will use in choosing these areas.
§ Mr. John PattenWe hope to conduct trials of electronic monitoring, with the co-operation of the courts and others concerned, in Nottingham, north Tyneside and in a third area still to be decided. In identifying possible areas for the trials to take place, we have had in mind primarily the numbers of defendants now remanded in custody by the courts concerned.