MR. FORTESCUE HARRISONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been drawn to the last Report of the Inspectors of Scotch Constabulary, in which it appears that the custom of swearing in gamekeepers as special constables in two Scotch counties still continues, notwithstanding the reply given by the Eight honourable Gentleman to a question on this subject last June; and, whether he will take some early means of ending such a practice?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, that his attention had been drawn to the Report referred to by the hon. Member. It was a subject which had been under the consideration of the Committee which had been appointed to inquire into the question of the Game Laws, and their Report was decidedly against the practice. He had placed the matter in the hands of the Lord Advocate in order that he might deal with it.