According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election:
CJ390 We will strengthen the right to bail for suspects. Bail will be withheld only when the court has strong grounds for believing that a suspect must be separated from the public until the trial for the same reasons as apply to the power to order detention (see CJ372), or if the suspect has failed to honour bail commitments.
CJ391 Special arrangements will be made to ensure that the trial of such suspects will normally be held within six weeks from the time of arrest. Remand in custody will only be used for offences and offenders where detention after sentence is permitted. There will be a strict limit to the length of the remand. The safeguards set out in CJ383 above will also apply to bail hostels and detention cells in police stations and courts.
I would be interested to hear both positive and negative views on UK Green Party’s Bail and Remand Pending Trial policies in the comments below?