Clause 3 - Judicial Appointments Commission
Justice (Northern Ireland)
11:00 am
Mr Des Browne (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office; Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman is correct that that is a theoretical possibility. However, we shall come to debate the provisions to which he has drawn our attention in due course, and it will be appropriate to deal with those issues in detail then, when I can give some explanation of the structures that have been put in place.
The hon. Member for North Down supported her amendment No.90 by reference to the research papers that agreed with the view taken by the review group. I am pleased that somebody has read the research papers, because it was not clear on Second Reading that other hon. Members had done so. I seek to reassure the hon. Lady that lay members will bring—