§ Mr. VazTo ask the Attorney-General how many Queen's counsel there are at the English Bar; and, of these, how many are(a) men, (b) women, (c) black and (d) Asian.
§ The Attorney-GeneralAs at 1 October 1989, there were 640 Queen's counsel at the English Bar, of whom 610 were men and 30 were women. Neither the Bar Council nor the Lord Chancellor's Department keeps records of the ethnic origin of Queen's counsel, but it is understood that there are three black and three Asian silks.