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Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill

I indicated that in the light of the undertaking by the Government to bring forward rules of procedure, matters of this sort will be properly dealt with by the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee. I am satisfied that it would rule that applications should be heard by the judge alone or in whatever circumstances he thought fit. I virtually abandoned my Amendment No. 3 in the course of my remarks, and my Amendment No. 4 becomes otiose in the light of the Government’s amendment.