§ MR. CALDWELL (Glasgow, St. Rollox)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether it is the case that the recent appointment of Mr. Stewart to the office of one of the Senior School Inspectors in Scotland is the first departure in Scotland from the principle of promotion by strict seniority of service; and, whether any, and what, good reasons existed for doubting the ability of, or for passing over, the Inspector standing next to the vacancy, or the eight Inspectors following him, who were all senior to the Inspector appointed?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)I have nothing to add to the answers which were given on the 12th of June to the hon. Member for East Edinburgh (Mr. Wallace) and on the 22nd of June to the hon. Member for Wick (Mr. Macdonald Cameron).