LAW REFORM SIR,—In your issue of January 10 you suggest
that there may be wide agreement with the proposal of Mr. R. S. W. Pollard that a Minister, known as the Vice-Chancellor, should be appointed to deal with law reform.
May I suggest that it may be far better to appoint a Commissioner or Commissioners independent of any government department who can investigate any infringements of personal liberty brought to their attention by any member of the public, as well as investigate cases on their own initiative?
Further, these Commissioners could' advise the Government on the effects of existing legislatiori and advise on future legislation.
Sweden has used this system to very good effect and there would be an advantage in the protection of personal freedom if such a system were operated here.—Yours faithfully, PAUL L. ROSE Danecroft, Osborne Road, Little Heath, Potters Bar, Middlesex
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