Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Rhagfyr 1973.
I shall do my best to stay within the confines of order, as I have done hitherto, according to your statement, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
When the Lord Chancellor appointed a man to that position he had to consider the administration of justice—this has nothing to do with the majesty of the court—which is properly our business. Would it not have been much better to have picked for this sensitive appointment not a former Tory political candidate but someone far removed from such conflict? I ask that as a question of wisdom.
In the making of this appointment we have had the extraordinary spectacle of the same judge making a speech outside his court—