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  Iam not sure I fully understand what you are proposing Barry. The CPS, I believe is split into 42 regional offices spread throughout England and Wales. If say region 3 deals with Kent what is the advantage in creating a local office, you're simply creating more offices. Where are the staff coming from, you couldn't use less, remember you have to be qualified to appear in a magistrates court and a barrister has to be accompanied by a instructing solicitor/clerk or in the case of the CPS somebody from their office. Should you run 4 courts that would mean 4 solicitors or 4 clerks all of which would I presume have to be paid from local funds.
  The only time I remember Michael Howard was the judiciaries objection to, I believe, the 1994 Criminal Justice Act where he restricted the right to remain silent. In practise he won the day, in reality it was unenforceable.

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