§ MR. MARJORIBANKS (Berwickshire)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether it is intended to give effect this year to the oft-repeated assurances made to the officers of the Scottish Fishery Board that some increase would be made to their salaries in view of the greatly increased duties which have been laid upon them of recent years?
§ *MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSONThe Secretary for Scotland has been in communication with the Scottish Fishery Board on the question of the salaries of the fishery officers. The final letter from the Board was received on the 26th February last, and the Secretary for Scotland is now in a position to lay his proposals before the Treasury.