§ 68. Mr. S. Silvermanasked the Attorney-General if he will now give the names of the committee appointed by the President of the Divorce Division to advise him upon the Denning Report; and when the recommendations of the report may be expected to come into force.
§ The Attorney-GeneralAs I stated in reply to the hon. Member for North-West Kingston-upon-Hull (Mr. R. Mackay) on 13th February, the President, after consultation with my noble friend the Lord Chancellor, appointed a committee to redraft the whole of the Matrimonial Causes Rules in the light of the recommendations in Part II of the Second Denning Report. This comitittee was composed of Mr. Justice Hodson, Mr. Justice Barnard, Mr. Pereira, a Registrar of the Divorce Division, Mr. Pownall, a District Registrar, and Mr. Skyrme, the Secretary of the Denning Committee. The new Matrimonial Causes Rules have now been drafted, and it is hoped that they will be published by the end of next week.