Clause 5 — Removal Or Suspension From Listed Judicial Offices

Part of Orders of the Day — Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 6:30 pm on 26 April 2004.

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Photo of Mr Seamus Mallon Mr Seamus Mallon Social Democratic and Labour Party, Newry and Armagh 6:30, 26 April 2004

The Minister has obviously thought deeply about this matter. Can he give me one good reason why a judicial person should have a veto over the decision of others including the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the north of Ireland? Secondly, can he give me another good reason as to why the judgment of a legal person should be better and more pristine than the judgment of political people, because the implication of Mr. Trimble is that that which is judicial is good and that that which is political is questionable?