HC Deb 20 December 1934 vol 296 c1348

That they have agreed to,—

Depressed Areas (Development and Improvement) Bill (changed to "Special Areas (Development and Improvement) Bill"), with Amendments.

That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to safeguard the independence of the Judiciary." [Judiciary (Safeguarding) Bill [Lords.]

And also a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, by increasing to nineteen the number of puisne judges who may be appointed to be attached to the King's Bench Division of the High Court, by making provision for the appointment and precedence of a Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, by permitting certain orders of court in matrimonial proceedings to be made before decree absolute, and by providing for the hearing in camera of certain evidence in nullity proceedings; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid." [Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) [Lords.]