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Mr. Wheeler
asked the Attorney-General what was the average waiting time in custody between committal and trial in London in (a) 1975 and (b) 1979
The Solicitor-General
The average waiting times for defendants in custody between committal and trial in the Crown court in London was 125 weeks in 1975 and 19ยท5 weeks in 1979.