§ MR. SHIRESS WILL(Montrose, & c.) asked the Lord Advocate, Whether, in view of the objection generally entertained in Scotland to the principle of the cumulative method of voting at elections of School Boards, and seeing that the next triennial elections of such boards throughout Scotland will recur next year, the Government will facilitate, so far as in their power, the progress of the School Board Elections (Scotland) Bill, now before the House, by which it is proposed to abolish that method of voting in Scotland; and, whether the Government will themselves introduce a measure with that object?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENEEAL FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON) (Bute)(who replied) said, the Bill referred to by the hon. Member is not confined to the point of the cumulative method of voting. It is true that some of the points raised in the Bill may be matters of general agreement, and while the Government would be glad to deal with these, they fear that at present it will be difficult to give facilities for passing a Bill affecting the cumulative vote, which has already been under the consideration of, but has not been the subject of a report from, a committee of this House, and regarding which widely different views are held in various quarters.