United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 259
APPOINTMENTS TO THE SENIOR BAR IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Introduced
13 January 2000
Last action
13 January 2000 · Early Day Motion
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Sponsors
Lord Bannside
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13 January 2000
Summary
That this House deplores the religious imbalance in the appointments made in December 1999 to the Senior Bar in Northern Ireland; notes that many of the most respected barristers were bypassed and that, of the 12 appointees, 10 were Roman Catholics; and calls on the Lord Chancellor to make a statement and to correct this serious injustice.
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13 January 2000
Early Day Motion
That this House deplores the religious imbalance in the appointments made in December 1999 to the Senior Bar in Northern Ireland; notes that many of the most respected barristers were bypassed and that, of the 12 appointees, 10 were Roman Catholics; and calls on the Lord Chancellor to make a statement and to correct this serious injustice.
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- Lord Bannside · Democratic Unionist Party · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/18693
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- uk · edm-18693 · source updated 13 January 2000