§ * SIR ALBERT ROLLIT (Islington, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General whether, in view of the many representations made by the Clerks of the Central Office and the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice on the question of compulsory retirement being introduced into their respective offices, and the fact that the matter is now under consideration of the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, and the President of the Probate Division, any decision has been arrived at, and whether the President of the Probate Court sees any legal impediment to the application of the rules for compulsory retirement at the age of sixty-five.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir ROBERT FINLAY, Inverness Burghs)This matter has recently been discussed 182 by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls and the President, and is still under consideration. Under these circumstances I think my hon. friend will agree that it would be premature that the Presidents should at this stage express any individual opinion on the points involved.