§ MR. HANBURYI beg to ask the Attorney General whether the increased scale of fees payable to the Law Officers under the new Treasury Minute will entail any increased costs to unsuccessful private litigants in cases in which the Crown is plaintiff or defendant; and whether there is any class of business (other than that done for special Departments of the State) in which the Attorney or Solicitor General is engaged virtute officii.
§ MR. ASQUITHI am informed that this will be a matter for the Taxing Master.
§ MR. HANBURYCannot the right hon. Gentleman answer the question in the first paragraph.
§ MR. ASQUITHI do not think the Taxing Master would be governed by any scale fixed by the Treasury for the remuneration of its own Law Officers.