§ MR. CONYBEARE (Cornwall, Camborne)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, in making future appointments to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Government will consider the propriety of selecting a representative of the Judicial Bench of Her Majesty's Possessions in South Africa, conversant with Roman-Dutch system of law which obtains in those Colonies?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)It is impossible to place on the Judicial Committee a specialist in every branch of law established in the different parts of the Empire, and no difficulty has been experienced in dealing with cases from South Africa.
§ MR. CONYBEAREasked, whether there was single Judge upon the Judicial Committee conversant with the Roman-Dutch system?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHsaid, he was not personally conversant with the proceedings of the Judicial Committee; but he was informed, upon authority on which he could rely, that there did not appear to those responsible for the appointment of that Committee any necessity for the change indicated by the hon. Member.