HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 c220W
42. Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the Lord Chancellor's role as guarantor of the political independence of the judiciary. [91642]

Mr. Vaz

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave today to the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Sir S. Chapman),Official Report, columns 117-18.