§ Mr. Liddallasked the Attorney-General whether he will take appropriate steps to prevent the dislocation of business in the courts owing to the temporary absence of an existing Lord Justice of Appeal when incapacitated by illness?
§ The Attorney-GeneralAppropriate steps arc taken to appoint a judge of the High Court to sit as an additional Lord Justice of Appeal when the state of business in the court requires it owing to the temporary absence of a Lord Justice. The hon. Member will appreciate that absence by illness from time to time is inevitable, but every endeavour is made to ensure that there should be as little dislocation of business as is possible when the occasion arises.