§ Mr. ROWLANDSasked the Attorney-General what steps are now being taken to retire the officials in the Supreme Court of Judicature from seventy years of age and upwards; can he state how many there are; what are their duties; and what are their emoluments?
§ Sir F. SMITHThe question of the imposition of an age limit at the Courts and of the retirement of those officers who have exceeded that limit is engaging the attention of the Committee mentioned in the answer to the question put by the hon. Member on the 21st June last. The Committee have a great mass of detail to deal with and have not yet reported, but it is hoped that they will do so at an early date. I should have no objection to making a Return of the number of officers at the Courts who have passed the age of seventy if the hon. Member desires it. They are, however, very few in number.