§ Lord Pattenasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the names, occupations and qualifications of those lay interviewers who are involved in assessing applicants for judicial office. up to and including Circuit Judges. [HL1069]
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)The attached table lists the current lay interviewers who are involved in the assessment of candidates for judicial office up to and including Circuit Judges and their occupations as stated at the time of their appointment. Details of their formal qualifications are not required as part of the selection process.
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Lord Chancellor's Department Lay Interviewers Name Occupation Annie Anderson Housewife Kodavoor Ramachandra Aithal JP Company Director Eileen Vera Baglin-Jones JP Education Officer, Oxfordshire County Council David Graham Barrett Retired Local Government Official Bernard William James Baxter JP Retired Headteacher Alison Helen Bernays Self-employed in farming and Rural Tourism Colin Leonard Bird JP Scientist, IBM UK Laboratories Stuart Paul Blakey JP Retired Personnel Manager Leonora Angela Evike Brydon JP Retired Headteacher Stella Clarke JP Director of Catering Company Susan Elizabeth Clarke JP Director of Automation Systems Company Dr. John Philip Davies JP Retired Headteacher Dr. Elspeth Clarkson JP Consultant Pathologist Gillian Charity Cooper JP Company/General Secretary Dr. Jill Diprose JP Community Paediatrician Gordon Dixon JP Retired Personnel Manager Cecily Sarah Eden Director Health Promotion, Birmingham CHT Henry Elwes JP Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire Brain Edward Evans JP Retired Senior Engineer, East Midlands Electrictity Reverend Barbara Fletcher JP Retired Librarian and Part-Time Minister Douglas John Green MBE JP Retired Marketing Services Manager Susan Elizabeth Green Community and Mental Health Trust worker Margaret Hazel Henley JP Retired Training Scheme Manager Alan Anderson Hepburn Director of Employee Relations, Jaguar Cars Wendy Elizabeth Hickling JP Chairman. Fosse Health Trust Pamela Doreen Homer JP Nursing Director Elizabeth Margaret Innes JP Housewife Anthony Clifford Owen James JP Security & Emergency Services Manager Winfhrop Bismarck Jones JP Retired Head of Dental Services Brenda Jane Macaskill JP Retired Social Worker Elizabeth Angela Mason JP PR for St. John's Ambulance Leo Murphy JP Headteacher Dr. Sandra Valerie Isabella Naik JP Medical Practitioner, Jessop Hospital for Women Rosalind Jane Neary JP Retired Dental Therapist Deirdre Morag Newham JP Business Counsellor Susan Norton JP Assistant Staff Manager, John Lewis Phyllis Doreen Parfitt JP Retired Computer Operator
Lord Chancellor's Department Lay Interviewers Name Occupation Rita Ann Piepe JP Senior University Accommodation Officer Carola Forsteen Ramsden JP Housewife Dr Raj K. Raja Rayan Dental Practitioner Dr. Julie Ruth Richardson JP Course Tutor, Open University Diane Mary Shepherd JP Management Consultant David Hall Smith JP Retired Headteacher Peter Simpson JP Company Managing Director & Business Consultant David Tempest JP Personnel & Training Manager Kathrin Elizabeth Thomas JP Chairman Bro Taf Health Authority Robert John Williams JP Principal St. Aidans College, Durham University Judith Sonia May Worthington JP Co-ordinator of Adult Training & Education
§ Lord Pattenasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will set out the criteria that are used in selecting lay interviewers from the members of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace. [HL1070]
§ The Lord ChancellorThe lay interviewers have been selected from among the Chairmen and members of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace who consider candidates for appointment to the lay magistracy and accordingly have experience of both interviewing and the judicial process. Individuals have been considered for appointment as lay interviewers against the following criteria in particular:
well-developed skills of assessing people;
sufficient knowledge of the judicial system to carry credibility;
understanding of the impact of the judicial system on all types of court-user;
credibility with the profession and with individual candidates.
Account has also been taken of the desirability of maintaining a broad balance within the panel in terms of factors such as gender, ethnic origin and geographical location.