§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce legislation to set up a Scottish division of the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords and to provide that only judges trained in Scots law should act as the final appeal judges in Scottish civil cases.
§ Mr. Ross:It is established practice that two of the nine Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed from the Scottish Bench or Bar. It would not be practicable to maintain a separate Scottish division to deal with the small number of Scottish appeals presented to the House of Lords—12 and 5 in 1966 and 1967, respectively.