§ Mr. Win Griffithsasked the Attorney-General when the Lord Chancellor intends to appoint a successor to Mr. Roderic Browne QC as social security commissioner for Wales.
§ The Attorney-GeneralOn 22 July 1986 the Lord Chancellor announced, at columns 120–23, the closure of the Cardiff office of the social security commissioners. I understand from my noble and learned Friend that between 1 April 1986 and 31 March 1987 commissioners sat only 17 days on oral hearings of appeals in Cardiff, and that he has no plans at present to appoint a social security commissioner resident in Wales. Oral hearings will continue to take place in Cardiff.