asked the Attorney-General what is the average time between the lodging of an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal and the hearing of the appeal; and whether there has been any reduction in that time over the past five years.

In the first half of 1975, the average interval between the lodging of an appeal and its eventual disposal was 107 days. In the same period in 1974, it was 99 days. In many cases there are two or more hearings before an appeal is disposed of. Records are not available for earlier years.