§ Mr. Joplingasked the Attorney-General when the chairmen of each of the Agricultural Land Tribunals were first appointed; and what age each is now.
§ The Attorney-GeneralAs follows:
Area and Chairman
Northern
L. C. L. Blair—October 1975 (appointed Deputy: January 1973).
Yorkshire & Lancashire
J. M. Dodson—November 1971 (appointed Deputy: November 1963).
East Midlands
J. P. Gorman, QC—December 1971 (appointed Deputy: May 1969).
West Midlands
K. S. W. Mellor, QC—March 1969 (appointed Deputy: May 1965).
South-Western
Sir Patrick Branigan—February 1958.
South-Eastern
J. G. St. Syms, QC—November 1971 (appointed Deputy: July 1963).
Eastern
Robert Ives—July 1961 (appointed Deputy: January 1959).
Welsh
S. J. Havard Evans—March 1948.
I shall write to the hon. Member concerning the ages of the Chairmen.