§ 3. Mr. Liptonasked the Attorney-General which counsel have been briefed to appear before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the subject of Parliamentary Privilege.
§ The Solicitor-GeneralMy right hon. and learned Friend, with Mr. Rodger Winn on the one hand, and the right hon. and learned Member for Newport (Sir F. Soskice), with Mr. Bryan Clauson on the other.
§ Mr. LiptonI regret that the Attorney-General is not able to be present to answer this Question because he is engaged on other business. Is it not clear that the Attorney-General has apparently nominated himself as one of the counsel in this case? Will the Solicitor-General represent to the right hon. and learned Gentleman that, having been in a minority of one on the Committee of Privileges, on which he served as a Member of this House, it would be more seemly and in accordance with the highest standards of professional etiquette if arrangements were made for someone else to argue the case in derogation of our Parliamentary Privileges?
§ The Solicitor-GeneralThe answer to the first of the hon. Gentleman's supplementary questions is, "Yes". The answer to both parts of the second supplementary question is, "No".