1st December 1971
75
La Mr James Johnson (Kingston-upon-Hull, West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what circumstances the Chinese language is used in the law courts of Hong Kong.
NO. 83W
MR ANTHONY ROYLE
Court records are kept in English and legal argument is conducted in English but a litigant or witness whose language is Chinese my use Chinese in any court proceedings and the proceedings are interpreted for him.