§ MR. WEIR (ROSS and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether Her Majesty's Government will take the necessary steps to remove from the roll of Justices of the Peace for Ross and Cromarty all persons who are not actual in-dwellers in the same shire, as required by the Scotch Act, 1587, c. 82?
§ SIR G. TREVELYANI have communicated with the authorities in Edinburgh, and have asked whether this Act is operative or obsolete. Perhaps the hon. Member will repeat the question on Thursday.
§ MR. WEIRI would ask whether the Secretary for Scotland is aware that the Lord Lieutenant for Ross and Cromarty admits that the selection of suitable persons to act as Justices of the Peace is a duty which, when the occasion for it arises, gives him a good deal of trouble, and involves him in some responsibility, and whether steps will be taken to relieve him in future of his responsibility and trouble when selecting names for recommendation to the Lord Chancellor?
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! What the hon. Member is asking is a part of the question which was struck out by the Clerks at the Table under my directions.