HC Deb 14 March 1972 vol 833 cc91-2W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is yet able to announce the new chairman of the Royal Commission on the Constitution.

Mr. Maudling

I have been authorised by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to announce that the Counsellors of State, on behalf of the Queen, have been pleased to appoint Lord Kilbrandon as Chairman of the Com- mission on the Constitution in succession to the late Lord Crowther.