I do not propose to press this point if the Minister thinks it is not workable. It would seem to be preferable that something active should be done in this House in connection with these increases rather than something passive being done. What happens under this is that when the Minister proposes to increase the salaries of judges in future, he drafts an order and it is laid before the House. He will make the order final provided no one moves to set it aside— I think "disapprove" is the word used in the Act—by resolution.
Knowing the pressures on the House and how difficult it is for some of us to keep up with the legislation we should be dealing with, it may very well be that when a draft is laid before the House, while it might be desirable to have a discussion, no one will put down a motion, and the way is then clear for the Minister to make the order final. It is desirable that the public should know the reasons why increases of this sort are given. If the Minister were to move in the House that judges' salaries be increased by so much, there would be the advantage of avoiding any delays which might be occasioned by having to introduce it formally as a Bill. While avoiding that disadvantage, you would retain the advantage that the matter would come before the House for discussion. However, this is simply a point of view I am putting before the Minister.