§ Lord Elwyn-Jonesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will extend the present system of judicial studies into the civil and family jurisdic-tions.
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone)Hitherto, the Judicial Studies Board has concerned itself only with training in the criminal jurisdiction. However, with the agreement of the Home Secretary and the Lord Chief Justice, I have now decided to expand the role of the board, from 1st October 1985, to cover the provision of training in the civil and family jurisdictions. The board will also supervise the training of magistrates and judicial chairmen and members of tribunals and, consequently, the Advisory Committee on the Training of Magistrates, under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Boreham, will be dissolved. I have appointed Lord Justice Mustill as chairman of the expanded board. The remainder of the board's enlarged membership will be announced later.