My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness for the care with which she has considered the matter and for taking the trouble to consult across government departments, as she said. I fear that instead of appeals to the upper tier, the High Court will be swamped with applications for judicial review on the basis that findings of fact made at the first-tier tribunal are unreasonable. There is a balance. The judicial review hearings are likely to go up even if the noble Baroness succeeds in keeping down the volume of appeals between the two tribunals.
However, I am happy to have aired this issue and to have heard the noble Baroness’s response. I do not seek to press the amendment to a vote tonight. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
[Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 not moved.]
Clause 18 [Limits of jurisdiction under section 15(1)]:
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Thomas of Gresford
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 31 January 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Bill [HL].
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