§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many current members of the Judicial Committee, eligible to sit in proceedings raising devolution issues arising under the Scotland Bill, the Northern Ireland Bill and the Government of Wales Act 1998, have held judicial office in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales, respectively. [HL3439]
§ 3. The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)The information requested is as follows:
Scotland
(a) Former Lords of Appeal in Ordinary—
The Right Honourable the Lord Mackay of Clashfern*The Right Honourable the Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle(b) Former judges of the Court of Session—
The Right Honourable Lord RossNorthern Ireland
(a) Former members of the Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland
223WAThe Right Honourable Turlough O'DonnellThe Right Honourable Sir John MacDermottEngland and Wales
(a) Former Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
The Right Honourable the Lord Goff of ChieveleyThe Right Honourable the Lord MustillThe Right Honourable the Lord Nolan(b) Former Members of the Court of Appeal
The Right Honourable Sir Christopher SladeThe Right Honourable Sir Brian DillonThe Right Honourable Sir lain GlidewellThe Right Honourable Sir John BalcombeThe Right Honourable Sir Patrick RussellThe Right Honourable Sir Christopher StaughtonThe Right Honourable Sir Donald FarquharsonThe Right Honourable Sir Anthony McCowanThe Right Honourable Sir Andrew LeggattThe Right Honourable Sir John Waite*The Lord Mackay of Clashfern, as a former Lord Chancellor, is in consequence also a former holder of high judicial office in England and Wales.