Written question asked by Alun Michael (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 October 1993. It was answered by Lord Blencathra (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 October 1993 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Home Office

Question

What is his timetable for allowing retrials where juries have been nobbled; and what is his estimate of the cost in this financial year and in 1994-95; what is timetable for implementing a new offence of witness intimidation; and for barring those on bail from serving on juries; and what is estimate of cost of these proposals in this financial year and in 1994-95.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

230 c219W

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Criminal proceedings Bail Costs Juries Intimidation Witnesses Trials

Contains statistics

Yes