division_name: Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]
motion: <p pid="a.779.0/1" pwmotiontext="moved">moved Amendment No. 4:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a.779.0/2" pwmotiontext="moved">Before Clause 1, insert the following new clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.779.0/3" pwmotiontext="moved">"LORD CHANCELLOR: FURTHER QUALIFICATION FOR APPOINTMENT</p>
  
  <p pid="a.779.0/4" pwmotiontext="moved">(1) A person is not qualified to be appointed Lord Chancellor unless he has at any time&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.779.0/5" pwmotiontext="moved">(a) held high judicial office for a period of at least 2 years; or</p>
  
  <p pid="a.779.0/6" pwmotiontext="moved">(b) practised as a qualifying practitioner (as defined in section 16) for at least 12 years.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.779.0/7" pwmotiontext="moved">(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a person serving as a law officer of the Crown is practising as a qualified practitioner."</p>
  
  <p pid="a.785.1/1" pwmotiontext="considered">On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 4) shall be agreed to?</p>
  
  <p pid="a.785.1/2" pwmotiontext="divided">Their Lordships divided: Contents, 215; Not-Contents, 175.</p>