MR. GRAHAM MURRAY (Buteshire)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that in 1875 a Departmental Committee was, appointed by the Treasury to inqui[...] into the system upon which the leg[...] business of the Government was c[...]ducted; whether he is aware that [...] first three Reports of the communicate dealing with the English Departments were published, and the salaries of the English Law Officers fixed, in accordance with the recommendations therein contained, but that the Fourth Report, which dealt with the Scotch Department, and recommended the raising of the salary of the Lord Advocate, was not 891 published, and no action taken thereon; and whether, in view of the fact that the emoluments of the English Law Officers have been recently increased, he will take into consideration the inadequacy of the salaries of the Scotch Law Officers, as compared with the English and Irish Law Officers?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTI believe there was such a Report some 18 years ago upon this subject, but the Government do not contemplate any change in the arrangements with reference to the Scotch Law Officers, which stand upon an entirely different footing to the question of the English Law Officers.