§ Not amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
§
Amendment proposed—
In page 1, line 12, at end, to add the words (2) The power to provide additional staff for the Registrar of the Court of Criminal Appeal includes a power to appoint an assistant registrar, but any assistant registrar so appointed shall be either a Master of the Supreme Court acting in the King's Bench Division, or a practising barrister of not less than seven years standing, and shall be appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England.'"—(The Attorney General.)
§ Agreed to.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a third time."
§ MR. RAWLINSON, in supporting the third reading, said he did that all the more heartily because the Amendment agreed with an Amendment of his own to the Bill of last year. He hoped to take an opportunity on a future occasion strongly to press the needs of further judicial help in the King's Bench Division. That this step was becoming more and more necessary was seen in the facts that already they had to have the very wise Amendment just agreed to and that the Judges of the King's Bench Division were now available for the Court of Criminal Appeal. He proposed to press on a future occasion for further help in the King's Bench Division; at all events for an extra Judge.