HC Deb 20 February 1879 vol 243 cc1520-1
MR. ANDERSON

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If the proposed Rivers Conservancy Bill is to apply to Scotland?

MR. SCLATER-BOOTH

Sir, the Bill prepared under instructions from the Local Government Office has been designed as applicable to England and Wales only. I am unable to say, without consulting the Lord Advocate, whether its provisions can be made applicable to Scotland.