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Summary of Responses to the Consultation Paper

Constitutional Reform: reforming the office of Lord Chancellor

February 2004

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Background Information

Published here is the full text version of responses received to the Government's consultation paper 'Constitutional reform: reform of the office of Lord Chancellor'.

Where possible, all responses considered by the Department and included in the consultation response summaries are available. Those responses not published are being withheld on the grounds of copyright, libel or confidentiality.

The responses are listed alphabetically.If you have difficulties finding an entry, however, you may wish to use the "Ctrl" and "F" keys (hold both keys down at the same time) which opens a facility where you can search for key words.

Abbotskerwell Parish - Reverend Priscilla White [41kb]
Graeme J Allan [122kb]
All Saints Church PCC, Markham Clinton, Southwell Diocese - Jean Madin [22kb]
All Saints Church, Hertford - Reverend W St. J Kemm [21kb]
All Saints Hampton - David Vanstone; Pamela Sparks; Vernon Watts [19kb]
All Saints Parish, Winchester - Reverend Canon Caroline Baston [34kb]
All Saints Vicarage - Reverend Canon Andrew Cornes [43kb]
All Saints Weston with St Martin's North Stoke & St Mary's Langridge - Patrick Whitworth [24kb]
All Saints, Hessle - Kenneth A David; Robert J Bretall; and Graham Marshal [29kb]
Sir Nigel Althaus [20kb]
Archbishop's Council - Stephen Slack [49kb]
Archdeacon of Charing Cross for the City of Westminster - The Venerable Dr W M Jacob [53kb]
Association of Law Costs Draftsman - Bob Tanner [89kb]
Association of Lords Lieutenants - John H Holroyd CB CVO DL [95kb]
Bagshot Deanery - Lynne Cowley [63kb]
Bar Council of Northern Ireland - John Thompson QC [77kb]
Neil Bartlett [37kb]
Edwin Beckett [33kb]
Jack Benedetto [34kb]
Bishop of London - The Right Honourable and Right Reverend Richard Chartres DD FSA [121kb]
Bishop of Norwich - The Right Reverend Graham James [55kb]
Bishop of Wakefield - The Right Reverend Stephen Platten [37kb]
Borders Group of Churches - M A Kelk; Beryl Mason; Vivian Beris [30kb]
Botley, Curdridge & Durley Parishes - Reverend Ian Coomber [32kb]
Bowling and Co. Solicitors - Rupert Barnes [614kb]
Boxton, Edwardstone, Groton, Little Waldingfield and Newton - David Lamming [48kb]
Professor AW Bradley [255kb]
Bridgnorth with Tasley, Astley Abbotts, Oldbury & Tasley (Hereford Diocese) - Andrew A Roberts [36kb]
Brimpsfield with Birdlip, Syde, Daglingworth, the Duntisbournes & Winstone Benefice - John Jessop [40kb]
Dr Roger Brittain [18kb]
Reverend Canon Edward Bryant [32kb]
Chair of Review Group on Royal Peculiars - Professor Averil Cameron CBE FBA [83kb]
Chancery Bar Association - Nicholas Warren QC [217kb]
Christchurch Nailsea with St Quiricus & St Julietta, Tickenham - Prebendary Alastair Wheeler [40kb]
Christchurch, Nailsea - The Right Reverend Anthony Russel D.Phil [29kb]
Church Commissioners - Andreas Whittam Smith [105kb]
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Cutcombe - M White [23kb]
Church Pastoral Aid Society - Reverend Andy Piggott [49kb]
Churches of Holy Trinity, Belbroughton, St Leonard Clent, St Mark Fairfield - Reverend Barbara Mapley [27kb]
Circuit Judge County Court Bench [73kb]
Clergy Appointments Adviser (C of E) - Reverend John Lee [37kb]
Clevedon United Benefice of St. Andrew's, St Peter's and ChristChurch - Revd Terry Baillie [87kb]
Collingham Parochial Church Council - Nick Naracott [150kb]
Commission for Judicial Appointments - Sir Colin Campbell [868kb]
Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges' Association - Dr Karen Brewer [541kb]
Corporation of the Church House - C D L Menzies [64kb]
Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy - R A M Welsford [75kb]
County Palatine of Lancaster - The Honourable Mr Justice Lloyd, Vice-Chancellor [24kb]
Coxheath, East Farleigh, Hunton, Linton and West Farleigh - Roger C Castle [37kb]
Cutcomb Parochial Church Council - Margaret G Brooks [18kb]
Reverend Tim Dickens [28kb]
Diocese of Guildford - The Bishop of Guildford's staff team [109kb]
Diocese of Lichfield - Reverend Leslie Foster [24kb]
Diocese of London - The Worshipful Nigel Seed QC [76kb]
Diocese of Peterborough - The Right Reverend Ian P M Cundy MA [39kb]
Diocese of Southwell - The Right Reverend George Cassidy [44kb]
Disability Action - Monica Wilson [133kb]
Downing College, Cambridge - Professor B J Everett [42kb]
James Drever [224kb]
Easingwold Parish - Reverend John Harrison [30kb]
East Marshland Benefice - Reverend Richard Bending [28kb]
Ecclesiastical Judges Association - Sheila Cameron QC [151kb]
Ecclesiastical Law Society - The Right Reverend the Bishop of Stafford [124kb]
Ecumenical Church Council of Burham & Wouldham - Mary Davis [24kb]
David Everett [236kb]
Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury - P F B Beesley LLB [81kb]
Farndon with Thorpe & Hawton with Cotham - John Quarrell [34kb]
Father JC Finnemore [44kb]
D Fox [55kb]
JP Gartside [62kb]
General Council of the Bar - Jan Bye [109kb]
Grange Wintringham Solicitors - Ruth Brewin [33kb]
Guildford Cathedral - The Very Reverend Victor Stock OAM [53kb]
Reverend Kenneth Habershon [68kb]
Reverend Canon PE Halls [23kb]
Harrow School - Andrew Stebbings [103kb]
Harvard University - Alex Michael Berenburg [31kb]
Hempnall Team Ministry - Conal Mahony & Liz Billet [32kb]
His Honour Judge Keith Hollis [112kb]
Holy Trinity Church, Coventry - Keith Sinclair [40kb]
House of Laity of the General Synod of the Church of England - Brian McHenry, Vice Chair [59kb]
Oliver Hylton [87kb]
Robert C Ingham [25kb]
Isle of Man Government - A Shimmin [33kb]
Itchen Valley Benefice - Reverend Jonathan Cruickshank [24kb]
Judges' Council [741kb]
Judicial Studies Committee - Sheriff Morrison QC [25kb]
Justices' Clerks Society - Sid Brighton [26kb]
Kelshall Parochial Church Council - Reverend J Morgan; D King; M Bullard; J P Batterbury; P Gartside; J Mitchell; J Rennison; S Hutchinson [78kb]
Kent Advisory Committee - Mike Powis [19kb]
Ann J King [76kb]
Kirk Sandall & Edenthorpe Parochial Church Council - Heather Robinson [29kb]
Lancaster University - Fiona Aiken [36kb]
Reverend Linda Lane [46kb]
Law Society of Scotland - Michael P Clancy [39kb]
Leeds Law School - Tim Birtwistle [59kb]
Leicestershire Law Society - Kate Dawes [134kb]
Local Government Association - Alison Sutherland [33kb]
Reverend John Longuet-Higgins [91kb]
Lord Chancellor's Essex Advisory Committee - Angela Gillingham [29kb]
Lord Chancellor's West Sussex Advisory Committee - Hugh R Wyatt Northumberland County Council - Stephen Rickitt [93kb]
Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex - Phyllida Stewart-Roberts [32kb]
Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall [19kb]
Lyddington and Wanborough and Bishopstone with Hinton Parva Parish - Reverend J R Cardwell [42kb]
Lydeard St Lawrence, Ash Priors, Combe Florey, Tolland & Brompton Ralph Benefice, Bath & Wells Diocese - Reverend Margaret Armstrong [42kb]
The Right Honourable Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT PC FRSE [52kb]
Magistrates Associations - Sally Dickinson [24kb]
Malkin Group of the Churches - Reverend Neil Weston [83kb]
Market Deeping Parish - Reverend Phillip Brent [42kb]
Neil McDougall [324kb]
Jonathan Morse [73kb]
Nadder Valley Team Ministry - Reverend Humphrey Southern MA [135kb]
National Postgraduate Committee - Tim Brown [115kb]
National Union of Students - Dr Sofija Opacic [38kb]
National Youth Advocacy Service - Elena Fowler [69kb]
Nightingale Fund Council - D A Wright; Margaret Hotchkiss [92kb]
North Creedy Team Ministry/Diocese of Exeter - Brian Shillingford [18kb]
Northleach Vicarage - Canon David Nye BD MA [21kb]
Norwich Combined Court - His Honour Judge Paul Downes [33kb]
Open University - A F Woodburn (University Secretary) [23kb]
Oriel College, Oxford - Dr L G Black [59kb]
Parish Church of Christ Church with St Laurence, Brondesbury - Reverend David Neno [34kb]
Parish of Lydney - Reverend Paul Youde [28kb]
Parish of St Peter de Merton with St Cuthbert - Reverend Guy Buckler [45kb]
Parochial Church Council - Henry Hodding [39kb]
Pastoral Committee of Hereford Diocese - Sylvia Green [53kb]
Pembroke College, Cambridge - Sir Roger Tomkys KCMG, DL [46kb]
Polesworth Vicarage - Reverend Philip Wells [38kb]
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland - Nuala O'Loan [25kb]
Queen's College, Cambridge - The Right Honourable Lord Eatwell [34kb]
Noel Riley [64kb]
David Robins [52kb]
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - J C Hern [37kb]
Rugby School Governing Body - Michael Fowle CBE [61kb]
Saint Andrews Theological Seminary - Reverend Dr Andrew Daunton-Fear [52kb]
Scotter with East Ferry, Scotton with Northope Parish - Reverend O G Folkard [61kb]
Scottish Executive - Paul Cackett [253kb]
RG Sharpe [35kb]
Shelswell Group of Parishes - Reverend Ricky Yates [33kb]
Toby Simon [28kb]
Society of Conservative Lawyers - Edward Garnier QC MP [984kb]
Society of Legal Scholars - Professor Nick Wikely [102kb]
Southwark Cathedral - Colin B Slee [97kb]
St Andrews, Bedford PCC - Canon Christopher Dent [23kb]
St Andrew's, Girton - Reverend Will Adam LLM [75kb]
St Anne's, Bagshot - Neil Bartlett [23kb]
St Anne's, Bagshot - Reverend Stephen Brian [30kb]
St Anne's, Greenstead with Colchester - Sue Rawlings [29kb]
St Catharine's College, Cambridge - Professor J H Baker, Downing Professor of Laws of England [189kb]
St Catherine's Church, The Parish of East and West Tilbury and Linford - Reverend W Laurence Whitford BA DipApTh [52kb]
St Clements, Norfolk - Ross Lambert [56kb]
St Francis Church, Plymouth - Father Peter J Morgan [25kb]
St Giles Parish Church, Rowley Regis - John Nightingale [35kb]
St James' Church, Nuneaton - Reverend Andrew Wandsworth [82kb]
St John the Baptist Church, Pawlett - C J Conibere; Pamela Kemp [56kb]
St John the Evangelist - Gillian Langdon [33kb]
St Lawrence & St Maurice with Saint Swithun-upon-Kingsgate PCC, Winchester - John Aston [16kb]
St Margaret's Church - Jane Middleton [13kb]
St Mary's Parish Church, Cholsey - Revd Andrew Petit [56kb]
St Mary le Bow - Reverend G R Bush [45kb]
St Mary Le Strand with St Clement Danes Parish Church - Peter Maplestone [35kb]
St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Longfield - Reverend Katrina Barnes [42kb]
St Mary Parish Church, Boxford Parochial Church Council - Mrs C Wanniarrachy [22kb]
St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Eccles Diocese of Manchester - Reverend Canon Ted Crofton [48kb]
St Mary the Virgin Parochial Church Council - Stephanie Parry [28kb]
St Mary the Virgin, Great Dungwall & St Andrew the Apostle, Barnston - Reverend Canon David S Ainge [79kb]
St Mary the Virgin, Middlesex - D M Wooldridge [21kb]
St Mary the Virgin, Stamfordham, Diocese of Newcastle; Holy Trinity, Diocese of MafenUnited Benefice - Alan Dyne; Enid Redford; Struan Wilson & Jean Teansdale [33kb]
St Mary West Malling with St Michael Offham - Dr R Brian Stevenson [15kb]
St Mary West Malling with St Michael Offham - The Reverend Canon Stevenson [22kb]
St Mary's Church, Byfleet - Reverend Roger Trumper MA MSc [33kb]
St Mary's Parish Church - Reverend Martyn Green [35kb]
St Mary's Parish Church PCC, Edwardstone - Mr C J Kingsbury [33kb]
St Mary's, Princes Risborough & St Peter's Ilmer - Reverend Dr Fiske [26kb]
St Mary's Parish Church - Derek Winterburn [43kb]
St Marys Parochial Church, Watton - Catherine Blandford [32kb]
St Mary's, Bedfont PCC - Peggy Adams [30kb]
St Matthew's, Ipswich - Reverend Paul Hardingham [49kb]
St Paul's Church, London - Reverend Mark Oakley [60kb]
St Paul's Church, Yelverton - Diana Wallace [13kb]
St Paul's Parochial Church Council, Yelverton - W M P H Child [28kb]
St Pauls, Bristol - Cannon David Self [31kb]
St Peter with St Alphage and St Margaret and St Mildred with St Mary de Castro - Reverend David MH Hayes [32kb]
St Peters in Milton - Reverend J N O Williams MBE [32kb]
St. Catharine's College, Cambridge - Master Professor David Ingram OBE [50kb]
St. Michael-in-Lewes Parish Church - Fr Christopher Channer [93kb]
Students' Union Representative, Alton College - Ranil Jayawardena [116kb]
Sturry with Fordwich & Westbere with Hersden PCC - Reverend Peter Cornish [29kb]
The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship - John Scriven [68kb]
The Ness Group - Reverend Janet M Beadle [27kb]
The Parish Church of St Thomas, Kilnhurst - Reverend Nigel H Elliot Dip CM [20kb]
The Parish of St. Luke's - Reverend Dave Wade [23kb]
The Rectory, Cocking - Colin Bradley [26kb]
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Carnwath [63kb]
Three Rivers Group of Parishes - Christopher Goodwin [35kb]
Training for Women Network - Michael Potter [22kb]
Trinity Benefice - John Tapper [27kb]
Trinity College, Cambridge - John Easterling [85kb]
Trinity Hall, Cambridge - Professor Peter Clarke; D Litt FBA [35kb]
United Benefice of Brandon & Santon Downham with Elveden - Reverend Robert Leach [41kb]
United Benefice of Broughton Gifford - Reverend Ron Hart [30kb]
United Benefice of Henlow & Langford - Janice Bradford [26kb]
United Society for Propogation of the Gospel - Michael Hart [83kb]
University College London, School of Public Policy - Robert Hazell [59kb]
University of Aston - David Packham BA FRSA [76kb]
University of Bath - Jon Bursey [28kb]
University of Cambridge - G R Evans [89kb]
University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Dr J V Hogan [31kb]
University of Salford - E O Evans [21kb]
University of Surrey - Peter Beardsley [36kb]
Verderers of the New Forest - Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre [55kb]
Wainfleet Group of Parishes - Father Rodney Hacking [39kb]
Wakefield Cathedral - Canon Precentor Robert Gage [46kb]
Warwick University - Professor David VandeLinde [42kb]
Waveney Group of Parishes - Christopher Whiteman [18kb]
Were Durley Parochial Church Council - Robin Whiteside [24kb]
West Buckrose Benefice - Reverend Michael Sinclair [43kb]
Janet Wilkinson [178kb]
Reverend Canon Paul Williams [36kb]
Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators - J A Reader [96kb]
Winsford Benefice - A M Gaskill [46kb]
Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves & Swithland United Benefice - Reverend Anne Horton [23kb]
Woolaston with Alvington and Aylburton Benefice, Gloucester Diocese - Jan Taylor [25kb]
York University - Brian Cantor [32kb]