§ MR. CAVE (Surrey, Kingston)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General whether the powers conferred upon His Majesty, by Section 18 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and Section 6 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, to appoint, on an Address by both Houses of Parliament, additional Judges of the High Court of Justice have been fully exorcised, or in what manner and to what extent the same have been exercised; and, if not, whether, in view of the present serious congestion of business in the King's Bench Division and the Court of Appeal, His Majesty's Government will recommend Parliament to present such an Address.
§ THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (SIR JOHN WALTON, Leeds, S.)There remains power, in my opinion, under the Act of 1876, Section 18, to appoint an additional Judge of the High Court of Justice on an Address by both Houses of Parliament. As the condition contemplated by the Act now exists, it is the intention of the Government at an early date to invite the House to adopt a Resolution in favour of the presentation of such an Address.