§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the procedure for appointing members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. [25509]
§ Mr. HoonMembership of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council derives from the occupancy of certain judicial and ministerial posts. The membership comprises the Lord Chancellor, the present and former Lords President of the Council, the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, 223W and those other members as shall from time to time hold or have held high judicial office. In practice this also includes the Heads of the Divisions of the Supreme Court, members of the Court of Appeal and those judges of the Court of Session and Supreme Court of Northern Ireland who are members of the Privy Council.
Retired judges in these categories who have not yet attained the compulsory retirement date of 75 are also members.
Serving and retired judges of certain Commonwealth superior courts who are members of the Privy Council are members of the Judicial Committee by virtue of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895, as amended by the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1908.
§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the membership of the Judicial Committee of the Privy
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Name Age Jurisdiction of origin Public bodies The right hon. Ann Taylor MP 50 (President) The right hon. The Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone KG CH 90 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Viscount Whitelaw KT CH MC 79 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Carr of Hadley 81 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Prior 70 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Glenamara CH 85 (Former Lord President) The right hon. Michael Foot 84 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Pym MC 75 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Biffen 67 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Wakeham 65 (Former Lord President) Chairman, Press Complaints Commission The right hon. The Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC 71 (Former Lord President) The right hon. John MacGregor MP 60 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Newton QBE 60 (Former Lord President) The right hon. The Lord Irvine of Lairg 57 (Lord Chancellor) Member, Supreme Court Rule Committee Member, Crown Court Rule Committee Member, Family Proceedings Rule Committee The right hon. The Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT 70 (Former Lord Chancellor) The right hon. The Lord Bingham of Cornhill 64 England Member, Supreme Court Rule Committee Member, Crown Court Rule Committee The right hon. The Lord Woolf 64 England Member, Supreme Court Rule Committee The right hon. Sir Stephen Brown 73 England Member, Supreme Court Rule Committee Member, Family Proceedings Rule Committee The right hon. Sir Richard Scott 63 England Member, Supreme Court Rule Committee The right hon. The Lord Goff of Chieveley 71 England The right hon. The Lord Browne-Wilkinson 67 England The right hon. The Lord Slynn of Hadley 67 England The right hon. The Lord Lloyd of Berwick 68 England The right hon. The Lord Nolan 69 England The right hon. The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead 64 England The right hon. The Lord Steyn 65 England The right hon. The Lord Hoffman 63 England The right hon. The Lord Hope of Craighead 59 Scotland The right hon. The Lord Clyde 65 Scotland The right hon. The Lord Hutton 66 Northern Ireland The right hon. The Lord Saville of Newdigate 61 England Chairman, Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct The right hon. The Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle 72 Scotland The right hon. The Lord Griffiths MC 73 England The right hon. The Lord Mustill 66 England The right hon. The Lord Cooke of Thorndon 71 New Zealand The right hon. The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry 53 Scotland The right hon. Sir Robert Carswell 63 Northern Ireland The right hon. Lord Cullen 62 Scotland The right hon. The Lord Cameron of Lochbroom 66 Scotland The right hon. The Lord Mackenzie-Stuart 73 Scotland The right hon. Lord Ross 70 Scotland Chairman, Judicial Studies Committee, Scotland The right hon. Lord Wylie 73 Scotland The right hon. Lord Justice Nourse 65 England The right hon. Lady Justice Butler-Sloss 64 England Council indicating their (a) age, (b) legal jurisdiction of origin and (c) membership of other public bodies; and if he will make a statement. [25508]
§ Mr. HoonThose who are eligible to sit as members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council include the present and former Lords President of the Council and those members of the Privy Council, not over the age of 75, who hold or have held any of the following high judicial offices: Lord Chancellor, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or judge of a superior court of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Membership of the Judicial Committee extends to serving and retired judges of certain Commonwealth superior courts who are members of the Privy Council.
I list below the names of the members together with the other information requested, where available. By convention, the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are the regular judges of the court, drawing occasional assistance from the Commonwealth and retired judges.
I have no plans to make a statement. 225W
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Name Age Jurisdiction of origin Public bodies The right hon. Lord Justice Stuart-Smith 70 England The right hon. Lord Justice Beldam 72 England The right hon. Lord Justice Kennedy 62 England The right hon. Lord Justice Hirst 72 England The right hon. Lord Justice Simon Brown 60 England The right hon. Lord Justice Evans RD 63 England The right hon. Lord Justice Rose 60 England The right hon. Lord Justice Roch 63 England The right hon. Lord Justice Gibson 63 England The right hon. Lord Justice Hobhouse 65 England The right hon. Lord Justice Henry 66 England Chairman, Judicial Studies Board The right hon. Lord Justice Millet 65 England The right hon. Lord Justice Swinton Thomas 66 England The right hon. Lord Justice Morritt CVO 59 England The right hon. Lord Justice Otton 64 England Member, Crown Court Rule Committee Chairman. Special Health Authority for the Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital The right hon. Lord Justice Auld 60 England The right hon. Lord Justice Pill 59 England The right hon. Lord Justice Aldous 61 England The right hon. Lord Justice Ward 59 England The right hon. Lord Justice Hutchison 64 England The right hon. Lord Justice Schiemann 60 England The right hon. Lord Justice Phillips 60 England The right hon. Lord Justice Thorpe 59 England The right hon. Lord Justice Potter 60 England The right hon. Lord Justice Brooke 61 England The right hon. Lord Justice Judge 61 England The right hon. Lord Justice Waller 57 England The right hon. Lord Justice Mummery 59 England Member, Ecclesiastical Committee The right hon. Lord Justice Mantell 60 England The right hon. Lord Justice Chadwick ED 57 England The right hon. Lord Justice Walker 59 England The right hon. Lord Justice Buxton 59 England The right hon. Lord Justice May 57 England The right hon. Lord Justice MacDermott 70 Northern Ireland The right hon. Lord Justice McCollum 64 Northern Ireland The right hon. Lord Justice Nicholson 64 Northern Ireland The right hon. Sir Christopher Staughton 64 England The right hon. Sir John Waite 65 England The right hon. Sir Michael Mann 66 England The right hon. Sir Alexander Leggatt 67 England The right hon. Sir Donald Farquharson 69 England The right hon. Sir Anthony McCowan 70 England The right hon. Sir Christopher Slade 70 England The right hon. Sir Patrick Russell 71 England The right hon. Sir Brian Dillon 72 England The right hon. Sir John Balcombe 72 England The right hon. Sir Iain Glidewell 73 England The right hon. Sir Brian Neill 74 England The right hon. Sir Roger Parker 74 England The right hon. Sir Thaddeus McCarthy KBE 90 New Zealand The right hon. Sir Harry Gibbs 80 Australia The right hon. Sir Owen Woodhouse 81 New Zealand The right hon. Sir William Douglas 76 Barbados The right hon. Sir Ronald Davison 77 New Zealand The right hon. Sir Ivor Richardson 67 New Zealand The right hon. Sir Duncan McMullin 70 New Zealand The right hon. Sir Edward Somers 69 New Zealand The right hon. Telford Georges 75 Cayman Islands The right hon. Sir Maurice Casey 74 New Zealand The right hon. Sir Gordon Bisson 79 New Zealand The right hon. Sir Thomas Eichelbaum 66 New Zealand The right hon. Thomas Gault 59 New Zealand The right hon. Ian McKay 68 New Zealand The right hon. Sir Vincent Floissac CMG QBE 69 West Indies The right hon. Edward Zacca 67 Jamaica The right hon. John Henry New Zealand The right hon. Edmund Thomas New Zealand