§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his timetable for extending the Attorney-General's right of appeal for lenient sentences; and what is his estimate of the cost in this financial year and in 1994–95.
§ Mr. MacleanWe shall lay the necessary order before Parliament at the earliest appropriate opportunity. Our preliminary estimate is that the number of additional cases likely to justify referral to the Court of Appeal, and any additional costs, will be low.