HC Deb 12 November 1953 vol 520 c74W
110. Mr. Awbery

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his consultations with the Lord Chancellor on the question of clerks of the court accompanying magistrates when they retire to consider a case.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

My noble Friend the Lord Chancellor and I have been in consultation with the Lord Chief Justice. I understand that the Lord Chief Justice intends to make a statement in the near future. This will make it unnecessary for my noble Friend, the Lord Chancellor, to issue any further memorandum on the subject.