Memorandum by Mrs S Grapes (GBI 01)
I read with interest that there is to be an
examination of how governments are run and in particular the role
of inquiries.
I have one point to make. In the justice system,
there are only a few areas where a single judge interprets and
decides the evidence, namely district judges. In other cases,
either a jury, judges as panel or magistrates as a bench make
the decisions on evidence.
If inquiries into the government are to be seen
to be beyond political influence, then perhaps they should all
be made up of three judges and the report should be a consensus
of opinion and not one person's interpretation.
I hope this will be of interest.
January 2004
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