Rural Magistrates Courts

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 November 1991.

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Photo of Henry Bellingham Henry Bellingham , North West Norfolk 12:00, 7 November 1991

Does my right hon. Friend agree that, if justice is to be seen to be done, it is far better for it to be dispensed closer to the community in which the crime took place? Will he join me in saluting the work done by some of the small magistrates courts in west Norfolk, such as those in Hunstanton and Fakenham, and does he agree that every effort should be made to ensure that they stay open?