§ MR. FRASER MACKINTOSHasked the Lord Advocate, Whether Minutes and Regulations as contemplated by the 11th section of The Lord Clerk Register (Scotland) Act of 1879 have been made; and, if not, when they will be prepared and laid before Parliament?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. WATSON)Sir, I have some difficulty in understanding the purport of the Question of my hon. Friend. I do not exactly know what are the Minutes and Regulations contemplated by the section. That section simply provides that when it becomes necessary to make regulations they shall be laid on the Table of the House within a month after completion. I may inform my hon. Friend that certain regulations as to admission, and other matters connected with the internal administration of the Office, are at present in course of preparation. The delay has been in a considerable measure owing to the indisposition of the head of one of the largest departments in the Register House. I hope before long to be able to submit them to the House.