HL Deb 20 October 1992 vol 539 cc82-3WA
Lord Rawlinson of Ewell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

On how many days or part days did the Lord Chancellor sit judicially excluding the opening of the Law Courts either

  1. (a) in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords or
  2. (b) the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council during the years 1971 to 1991 inclusive, setting out the number of occasions year by year in a table.

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)

The figures are as follows:

Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
Year Days Sat
1971 17
1972 14
1973 18
1974 5
1975 2
1976 7
1977 3
1978 0
1979 5
1980 6
1981 10
1982 10
1983 4
1984 10
1985 4
1986 11
1987 4
1988 12
Year Days Sat
1989 8
1990 16
1991 13
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Year Days Sat
1971 8
1972 0
1973 0
1974 2
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 3
1981 0
1982 4
1983 1
1984 0
1985 2
1986 2
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 3
1991 0