Introduction
The Scottish Executive welcomes the proposals by
the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) for the
establishment of a Supreme Court for the United Kingdom
to assume the functions of the Appellate Committee of
the House of Lords and also to take on the decision
making role in relation to the powers of the devolved
administrations.
The DCA in addition propose the establishment of a
new independent Judicial Appointments Commission which will
take responsibility for the selection of judges in England
and Wales. In Scotland, an independent Judicial
Appointments Board was established in May 2002.
The DCA also propose changes to the way in which
QC's are appointed, further reform of the House of
Lords and for the abolition of the office of Lord
Chancellor.
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