HL Deb 19 June 1989 vol 509 c115WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will seek the advice of the Council on Tribunals, concerning the recent circulation of a letter, with legal and policy recommendations, from the assistant Treasury Solicitor to all immigration adjudicators.

The Lord Chancellor

Her Majesty's Government have not thought it necessary in this instance to seek the advice of the Council on Tribunals. Consultations about the role of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal in judicial review proceedings have been going on for some time, following an initiative by the Treasury Solicitor's department in 1988. It has now been agreed that the tribunal should no longer be represented in judicial review proceedings; in future the Secretary of State or the Immigration Service will be the respondents in all such cases. Consequently it will no longer be necessary for the Treasury Solicitor to advise the tribunal on the outcome of judicial review proceedings.