Judges (Hansard, 30 January 1990)

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the public utterances of the Lord Advocate concerning the appointment and resignation of judges since 1 January; and if he will place copies and transcripts where available in the Library.

§ Mr. Rifkind
The Lord Advocate has made no such public statement.

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he or any official of his tendered advice to the Lord President of the Court of Session in either December 1989 or January 1990; and on what subjects.

§ Mr. Rifkind
It is not the practice to make known the substance of discussions which Ministers or their officials have with the Lord President of the Court of Session.

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the dates in November and December when officials of the Crown Office held lunchtime meetings with the Lord President of the Court of Session.

§ Mr. Rifkind
A Crown Office official, together with an official from the Scottish Courts Administration, attended upon the Lord President of the Court of Session at lunchtime on 20 December 1989.

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer,Official Report, 22 January, column 547, on what date since 1 November 1989 his meeting with the Lord President of the Court of Session took place; and whether, within the range of matters discussed was the question of an impending vacancy at the Court of Session.

§ Mr. Rifkind
On 22 December 1989.

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 22 January,Official Report, 140W column 548. if he will list the dates in November and December 1989, and January 1990 when he met judges of the Court of Session; and if he will name the judges he met.

§ Mr. Rifkind
The Secretary of State does not keep a record of all the occasions on which he meets judges of the Court of Session.

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 22 January,Official Report, column 548, if he will list the dates in November and December 1989, and January 1990, when the Lord Advocate met judges of the Court of Session; and if he will name the judges.

§ Mr. Rifkind
The Lord Advocate does not keep a record of all the occasions on which he meet judges of the Court of Session.

§ Mr. Sillars
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Govan, 22 January,Official Report, column 548, if he will place in the Library the information made available to the Lord President of the Court of Session by officials of the Lord Advocate since 1 January.

§ Mr. Rifkind
It is not the practice to make known such information.