HC Deb 26 November 1999 vol 339 c244W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, in how many and what percentage of either-way cases(a) magistrates declined jurisdiction, (b) defendants consented to magistrates' jurisdiction and (c) defendants elected for jury trial; and if he will make a statement. [99791]

Mr. Straw

The information requested is being prepared; I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as it becomes available, and place a copy in the Library.