§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the Government"s plans to change the rights of defendants to elect a jury trial. [42894]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThe removal of the defendant"s rights to elect jury trial in either-way cases was one of the recommendations made by Lord Justice Auld in his Review of the Criminal Courts, and the matter remains under consideration, along with the rest of the Auld report.