Clause 4
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill
6:15 pm
Paul Goggins (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office; Wythenshawe and Sale East, Labour)
The hon. Lady has got her own back. I shall need to check what happened in those days, and I will be happy to write to her—or to point out that an amendment was made in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. I hope that that answers her question at least partly. The formulation is standard and has been used a number of times in legislation such as the 2005 Act which sets out other functions of the Lord Chief Justice. The system already operates in relation to Diplock and exists in other legislation to give the Lord Chief Justice flexibility. It has worked and we see no reason to alter it in the Bill.