HC Deb 10 July 1998 vol 315 cc675-6W
Mr. Crausby

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what steps his Department is planning to ensure that there is an increase in the number of pupillages available at the private bar. [49074]

Mr. Hoon

Barristers are part of an independent and self-regulating profession. The number of pupillages available at the private Bar is a matter for the profession itself.