HC Deb 01 June 1998 vol 313 cc56-7W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances a High Court judge can sit as a coroner; and on how many occasions this has happened in the last 10 years. [43182]

Mr. George Howarth

It is open to doubt whether a High Court judge has the jurisdiction to act as a coroner, and none has done so in recent years.

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