HC Deb 20 January 1994 vol 235 cc713-6W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what assessment he has made of savings that have been made in the management of magistrates' courts since the publication of the scrutiny report on Magistrates' Courts in 1989.

Mr. John M. Taylor

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 December 1993,Official Report, column 543.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what savings on expenditure on the magistrates court service will result from the decisions announced in the White Paper "A New Framework for Local Justice".

Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Plaid Cymru Independent/ Not known
Clywd 128 100 72 17 19
Dyfed 72 48 43 38 36
Mid Glamorgan 84 120 39 8 66
South Glamorgan 135 92 59 9 40
West Glamorgan 108 129 44 5 61
Gwent 115 97 34 2 56
Gwynedd 48 27 28 36 45
Powys 29 20 25 2 19

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will publish the names of members of all the bodies in Wales who select magistrates.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The members of the 13 advisory committees responsible for recommending candidates for the magistracy in Wales are as follows:

CLWYD

Chairman

  • Sir William Gladstone, BT JP

Members

  • Mrs. C. M. Johnson, JP
  • E. M. W. Griffith, Esq. CBE DL
  • Miss R. Whittingham, JP
  • Mrs. C. T. Owen, JP
  • Mrs. J. Jones, JP
  • A. Blackwell, Esq. JP
  • J. P. Williams, Esq. JP
  • T. Lloyd, Esq. JP
  • N. Phillips, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. A. K. Larsen, JP
  • Dr. J. P. Davies, JP
  • C. Crump, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. D. C. Ellis

DYFED—CARMARTHEN

Chairman

  • D. C. Mansel Lewis, Esq. JP

Members

  • Mrs. M. E. C. Jones, JP
  • E. O. James, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. M. Lloyd. JP

Mr. John M. Taylor

The purpose of the proposals in the White Paper is to provide clearer lines of accountability, to secure maximum management co-operation with other parts of the justice system and to guarantee the judicial independence of magistrates and their legal advisers, as well as to yield improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of the service. As the efficiency gains which each magistrates' courts committee—MCC—achieves by implementing the White Paper reforms will depend largely on decisions taken at local level, it is difficult for the Government to estimate with any accuracy the total savings to be made. However, evidence from those MCCs which have already implemented some of the White Paper proposals suggests that, within each MCC, the resulting improvements in value for money exceed the transitional costs.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the political balance of magistrates in each county in Wales.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The political balance of magistrates for each county in Wales on the latest available information, and based on their political affiliations on appointment, is as follows:

  • T. G. Evans, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. P. A. Williams
  • Mrs. B. M. Jones, JP
  • Dr. Edwards, JP
  • Mrs. E. E. Jenkins, JP
  • G. C. Price, Esq. JP

DYFED CEREDIGION

Chairman

  • W. R. G. James, Esq. JP

Members

  • J. D. P. Evans, Esq. JP
  • G. R. Evans, Esq. MBE JP
  • J. H. Lewis, Esq.
  • Mrs. M. R. E. Roderick, JP
  • Mrs. M. G. James, JP
  • Mrs. G. A. T. Kidd
  • G. J. Morgan, Esq. JP

DYFED PEMBROKE

Chairman

  • Mrs. C. F. Ramsden, JP

Members

  • T. G. Davies, Esq. OBE
  • Mrs. M. L. J. Firmin, JP
  • J. D. Harry, Esq. JP
  • D. Fellows, Esq.
  • D. W. Banner,Esq. JP
  • Mrs. C. A. Morgan, JP
  • G. Sizer, Esq. JP

MID GLAMORGAN

Chairman

  • M. A. McLaggan, Esq. JP

Members

  • R. C. Q. Picton-Turbervill, Esq. JP
  • Dr. S. H. Treasure, JP
  • W. H. Coleman, Esq. JP
  • D. C. Jones, Esq.
  • Mrs. E. I. Evans, JP
  • G. Morgan-Jones, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. C. Eynon

SOUTH GLAMORGAN

Chairman

  • His Honour Judge M. Gibbon, QC

Members

  • A. S. Martyn,Esq. JP
  • Mrs. J. Sainsbury, JP
  • R. W. Lee, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. M. E. Drake
  • G. Patten, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. E. S. Williams, JP
  • Mrs. J. L. Loudon, JP

WEST GLAMORGAN

Chairman

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Michael Llewellyn, BT JP

Members

  • Mrs. M. L. Daley, JP
  • E. J. D. Roberts, Esq.
  • Mrs. M. F. Goodchild, JP
  • S. J. R. Page, Esq. JP
  • E. M. H. Evans, Esq. JP
  • D. W. W. Thomas, Esq. JP
  • C. C. Jones, Esq. JP
  • T. C. Wignall, Esq.
  • Miss M. Hughes, JP
  • Miss D. I. Jones, JP
  • Miss M. Lody, JP
  • Mrs. J. M. Edwards, JP
  • J. Warman, Esq.
  • G. D. Beynon, Esq. JP
  • H. F. Jones, Esq.

GWENT

Chairman

  • R. Hanbury-Tenison, Esq. JP

Members

  • R. M. Hunt, Esq. JP
  • S. A. J. P. Bosanquet, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. B. E. Jones, JP
  • G. Jenkins, Esq. JP
  • D. Turnbull, Esq. JP
  • St. J. R. Goff, Esq. JP
  • G. S. Evans, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. M. Thomas
  • Mrs. M. L. Davies, JP
  • A. W. Davies, Esq.
  • J. R. Trace, Esq. JP
  • Lady Crawshay, CBE JP

GWYNEDD-ANGLESEY

Chairman

  • Mrs. B. Owen, JP

Members

  • K. Evans, Esq.
  • I. O. Davies, Esq. JP
  • J. Rowlands, Esq. JP
  • Lady Cledwyn, JP
  • Mrs. S. M. Jones, JP
  • W. E. Williams, Esq. JP
  • G. I. Jones Esq. JP
  • G. Morris Jones, Esq.

GWYNEDD—CAERNARFON

Chairman

  • R. G. Pritchard-Jones, Esq. JP

Members

  • R. Chambers Jones, Esq.
  • Mrs. B. Owen, JP
  • G. T. Roberts, Esq. JP
  • D. Pugh, Esq. OBE, JP
  • Mrs. E. J. Thomas, JP
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  • Reverend G. Williams, JP
  • E. Jones, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. P. A. Williams, JP
  • J. E. Hooson, Esq. JP
  • H. T. Jones, Esq. JP

GWYNEDD—MEIRIONNYDD

Chairman

  • R. E. Meuric Rees, Esq. CBE, JP

Members

  • The Hon. V.F. Williams-Wynne
  • R. Price, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. G. w. Jones, JP
  • A. Morgan, Esq.
  • Mrs. E. Win Jones, JP
  • Mrs. H. M. Roberts, JP
  • Mrs. C. Lawson, JP

NORTH POWYS

Chairman

  • The Hon. I. E. E. Davies, JP

Members

  • J. R. Beaumont, Esq. JP, DL
  • D. M. Jones, Esq.
  • Mrs. P. A. Taylor
  • T. G. Stephens, Esq. JP
  • J. D. Thomas, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. J. A. Yewdall, JP
  • D. W. L. Rowlands, Esq. JP

SOUTH POWYS

Chairman

  • M. L. Bourdillon, Esq. JP, DL

Members

  • Mrs. S. A. G. Balance
  • M. A. Pugh, Esq.
  • H. J. Watkins, Esq. JP
  • H. S. Harries, Esq. JP
  • J. H. M. Powell, Esq. JP
  • B. Williams, Esq. JP
  • Mrs. E. M. Edwards, JP
  • W. J. Elliott, JP
  • Mrs. A. M. Jones, JP
  • D. R. Jones, Esq. JP

Mr. Flynn

To ask Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the balance of gender among magistrates in each Welsh county.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The balance of gender among magistrates in each Welsh county on the latest available information is as follows:

Male Female
Clwyd 188 149
Dyfed 140 100
Mid Glamorgan 186 131
South Glamorgan 176 160
West Glamorgan 208 139
Gwent 171 133
Gwynedd 107 74
Powys 49 47