Committee (4th Day)

Part of Crime and Courts Bill [HL] – in the House of Lords at 7:15 pm on 27 June 2012.

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Photo of Baroness Butler-Sloss Baroness Butler-Sloss Chair, Adoption Legislation Committee, Chair, Adoption Legislation Committee 7:15, 27 June 2012

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. There is an overlooked pool of potential future judges-or of what used to be called chairmen of tribunals, who are now judges. It is time that that group in government service of one form or another was seen as a potential. The point made by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, about the numbers of both women and ethnic minorities is significant. I support the amendment.