Schedule 22 - Jury service

Part of Criminal Justice Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:15 pm on 13 February 2003.

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Photo of Humfrey Malins Humfrey Malins Conservative, Woking 3:15, 13 February 2003

That is a very fair question and I think that the answer is yes, I would. My first and third arguments apply to ministers of other religions, while my second, the confessional point, applies particularly to clergy of the Catholic Church and the Church of England. The point about other denominations and faiths may accord well with my first argument, about the need for the clergy, so to speak, to be above the fray.