§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if the pay telephone available at the Maxwell brothers trial is now available for normal calls in addition to calls to the emergency services; and if he will make a statement. [39079]
Mr. John M. TaylorThe question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.
Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1995:
The Parliamentary Secretary has asked me to reply to your question about the availability of the pay-telephone at the Maxwell brothers' trial.
A pay-telephone from which all outgoing calls can be made has been available for public use outside the courtroom since the trial began on 31 May 1995.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the dates of the equipment failure in respect of the Maxwell brothers trial to date; which of the problems have now been solved; and if he will make a statement. [39105]
Mr. TaylorThe question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.
Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1995:
The Parliamentary Secretary has asked me to reply to your question about equipment failure at the Maxwell brothers' trial.
On the first day of the trial, 31 May 1995, there was a problem of interference between the lapel microphones worn by counsel and the instantaneous transcription equipment used by the court reporters. This was resolved within 45 minutes by using fixed desk microphones for counsel. There have been no equipment failures since then.