§ Vera BairdTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, who will be the head of the judiciary after abolition of the post of Lord Chancellor. [120240]
§ Mr. LeslieI refer the hon. and learned Member for Redcar to the statement I made on 19 June 2003,Official Report, column 19WS. The Government have undertaken to consult on the arrangements for the new Judicial Appointments Commission and for a new Supreme Court before the summer recess. The question of who will head the judiciary once the office of Lord Chancellor has been abolished will be considered in the light of responses to that consultation.