§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary. Lord Chancellor's Department what requirements there are that(a) the Lord Chancellor, (b) the Attorney-General and (c) the Solicitor-General be legally qualified; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe Lord Chancellor must be a person able to discharge duties as the President of the Supreme Court of Judicature—that is, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Crown court—and also as the presiding chairman of the House of Lords in its judicial capacity and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General must be legally qualified in order that they may perform their general duties; and are members of the Bar in order that they may represent the Crown in each of the Queen's courts in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland.