§ MR. CAIRDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the Government have come to any decision with regard to the vacant office of Lord Clerk Register in Scotland
SIR GEORGE LEWISsaid, it was the intention of the Government to abolish the office of Lord Clerk Register in Scotland, in accordance with a communication made by the Treasury to the Home Office two or three years ago, the office being one to which no substantial duties were attached. He was unable to state the precise mode in which the abolition would be carried into effect, but he apprehended it would be necessary to bring in a Bill, and, if so, it would be introduced shortly after Easter.