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Mr. Douglas-Mann
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether records are kept of the number of non-legally aided defendants acquitted in criminal proceedings in the Crown court; if so, whether he will publish the figures for the most recent convenient period; and if not, whether he will undertake to keep such records in future.
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon
Information in this form is not collected and my right hon. Friend is not persuaded that its value would justify the expenditure that would he required.