§ Mr. E. Robertsasked the Attorney-General whether he has now considered further the Matrimonial Causes Rules, 1947, in the light of the second and final reports of the Denning Committee; and whether it is proposed to amend or amplify the Rules so as to give full effect to the recommendations made in those reports.
§ The Attorney-GeneralConsideration is being given, and arrangements are still being worked out, with regard to a number of the reforms advocated by the Denning Committee which were not included in the recent rules, and I cannot say when any particular reform is likely to be adopted and given effect to by rule. I understand that although further amendments of the rules are likely to be considered by the Rules Committee within a few weeks, it is improbable that the whole of the remaining recommendations made in the second and third interim reports of the committee would be brought into operation at one moment of time, and certainly not until further experience has been gained of the practical working of the recent rules. As I have said on a previous occasion, there has been no decision finally to reject any of the proposals made by the committee.