§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is his policy in respect of whether a company which is conducting a court listing field trial under the supervision of his Department should be allowed to sell dedicated computer software and equipment to trial participants as a condition of participation in the trial.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe role of the Lord Chancellor's Department is to co-operate in the court listing field trial through provision of listing information in electronic form. Overall supervision is the responsibility of the General Council of the Bar which is sponsoring the trial. The Department has no formal relationship with the trial participants.
§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department whether it is intended that one company only will be licensed to distribute court listing information after the current field trials of a computerised court listing system have ended.
Mr. John M. TaylorAt present the Lord Chancellor's Department has no plans for licensing companies to distribute court listing information. In the event of any such licensing being arranged, there is no reason in principle why this should be limited to a single company.