Clause 23 - Attorney-General
Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate, Conservative)
I beg to move, amendment No. 29, in page 14, line 18, at end insert—
'(1A) The Attorney-General for Northern Ireland in respect of Northern Ireland shall assume all the functions of the Attorney-General and Solicitor General for England and Wales other than those allocated to the Advocate General under Schedule 7 of this Act.'.
I agree that you, Mr. Pike, are equipped with the perspicacity to which the Minister referred earlier. Although you are not allowed to express an opinion on whether we have done justice to part 1 of the Bill, I have no doubt that in your own mind—