§ MR. M'LARENasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, as the result of his recent personal examination of the different departments within the Register House buildings in Edinburgh, he intended to introduce a Bill to remedy the existing defects, and to confer on the Treasury the same power of appointing all the clerks as they have in other Government establishments; and, whether the Bill will provide for the appointment of an Under Secretary of State for Scotland, as was done by the Bill which he introduced last Session?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, the Question belonged more to the Treasury than the Home Department; but having been over the buildings and seen their working he had made certain recommendations to the Treasury with respect to them. As soon as the two Departments had come to a conclusion on the matter, the proper time would have arrived to state the nature of the Bill it was proposed to introduce. He could assure the hon. Member that the matter was not being lost sight of.