§ 1 The Tribunal shall consist of a chairman and two other members.
§ 2. The chairman shall be a practising barrister or solicitor appointed by the Lord Chancellor.
§ LORD LLEWELLIN moved, in paragraph 2, after "solicitor," to insert "of not less than ten years' standing." The noble Lord said: My Lords, I briefly referred to this Amendment earlier in the proceedings, and so did the noble and learned Lord on the Woolsack. He suggested that if I wanted fifteen years instead of ten—I do not mean penal servitude or anything like that, but for this particular provision—he would almost be glad to insert it. I will not ask for that. I was not a practising barrister myself for fifteen years and I still think I might be competent. Indeed, the noble and learned Lord has thought me competent to be Deputy Chairman of Quarter Sessions. So if I might end on this cheerful note, I may say that I am quite prepared to accept ten years. I beg to move.
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Amendment moved—
Page 72 line 43, after ("solicitor") insert ("of not less than ten years' standing.")—(Lord Llewellin.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.