Clause 12 - The supplemental list
Courts Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
I feel that the hon. Member for Surrey Heath is losing heart, which is a sad state of affairs at this time on a Tuesday morning. I cannot believe that the supplemental list will be essential reading for every Member of Parliament, but will the Minister tell us whether it is included in at least one reference volume? I imagine that it probably is and that it is not a discrete item.
Am I right in thinking that the posts of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and permanent secretary in the Department for Constitutional Affairs are held simultaneously by the same individual? If so, questions about the supplemental list would presumably be open to direct parliamentary scrutiny.