A month into his appointment as Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas gave a lecture in which he said that European lawyers looked at England and Wales with admiration of our legal system for its independence, for its professionalism and for the fact that it has been the essential underpinning of our democratic way of life, and our general prosperity for hundreds of years. While many of us recognise the logic of jurisdiction following legislature and know that our present position is anomalous, does the Counsel General agree that the commission offers the right approach to ensure careful consideration and a degree of caution before seeking to separate or distinguish ourselves from a shared jurisdiction as successful as Lord Thomas described?