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Jury Service

Volume 327: debated on Wednesday 17 March 1999

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To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department what plans he has (a) to reform the selection process for jurors and (b) to avoid the repeated call of particular persons for jury service; and what representations he has received on this. [76745]

Jury service is based on the principle of random selection and therefore it is possible for a person to be called more than once after a period of time. There are no plans to reform the legislation that governs the selection process. Occasionally representations are made by an individual to the Court Service about repeated calls for jury service, and these are referred to the local Crown Court for consideration.