§ Mr. Oakesasked the Attorney-General what plans he has for setting up advisory committees in each county and metropolitan district to advise the Lord Chancellor in making appointments of justices of the peace after 1st April 1974.
§ The Attorney-GeneralMy noble Friend the Lord Chancellor is at present considering, in consultation with existing advisory committees, the arrangements for establishing new committees to advise him on the appointment of justices of the peace throughout England and Wales after 1st April 1974. It is my noble Friend's intention that, as far as practicable, justices should continue to be 119W appointed on a local basis from among the members of the community in which they live and work.