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Juvenile Courts (Black Magistrates)

Volume 982: debated on Thursday 3 April 1980

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asked the Attorney-General what is the present number of black magistrates who sit in juvenile courts in the Greater London Area.

The number of magistrates sitting in the juvenile courts in the Inner London Area who are of Asian, African or West Indian Origin is 26. No record is kept of magistrates' colour, and the expression "black" is in this context not appropriate.