HL Deb 16 October 2003 vol 653 c136WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, in view of the lack of agreement in the Select Committee on Religious Offences on whether it is expedient to repeal the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860, they will collect information from the courts of details of the conduct giving rise to prosecutions under the Act, the outcome of the cases, and the sentences passed on conviction, so that Parliament may have the material on which to form a judgment on the susceptibility of that conduct to prosecution under other statutes. [HL3987]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

I do not know whether it will prove practicable to obtain the information, but we will look into the matter and I will write to the noble Lord as soon as possible.