§ 17. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Minister of Labour why, by Regulation VII of the Youth Employment Service (Administrative Expenses) Regulations (S.I., No. 1742, 1948), he has excluded the jurisdiction of the courts of law.
§ Mr. IsaacsThis Regulation, which follows established practice over a number of years, makes it clear that the Minister must be free to determine what expenditure he feels can properly be recognised by him in discharge of his responsibility to Parliament for this service.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the paragraph to which I invited his attention goes further than that and provides that the Minister shall be the sole judge of the interpretation of the Regulations which he himself has made? Is there any good reason why the job of interpretation should not be left to the ordinary courts of law?
§ Mr. IsaacsOnly the good reason that I am following the precedent set up in this House by ex-Ministers and hon. Members of the Party opposite.