§ MR. FRASER - MACKINTOSH (Inverness-shire)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that his predecessor in office, on 15th December, 1888, agreed that an inquiry into the state of the Deeds Office, Register House, Edinburgh, would be beneficial, and promised that the matter should be looked into and considered; and whether, as there will shortly be a vacancy in the office of Deputy Keeper of the Records (the Keeper of the Deeds Office being next, in seniority), he will take this opportunity of appointing a Committee of Inquiry into the position of the Deeds Office?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Sir C. J. PEARSON,) Edinburgh and St. Andrews UniversitiesI have been requested by my right hon. Friend to answer this 1317 question. The Secretary for Scotland is aware of the statement made in Committee of Supply on the date referred to, and the matter has accordingly been looked into and considered. I have to inform the hon. Member that the Secretary for Scotland proposes to hold an inquiry into the position of the Deeds Office.