MR. D.CRAWFORD () Lanark, N.E.I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to a complaint from a public meeting in the neighbourhood, that the police were the aggressors in a disturbance at the mining village of Bothwell Park, last week; and whether, in the interests of the public and of the Police Force, he has made or will make inquiry into this complaint?
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Sir G. TREVELYAN,) Glasgow, BridgetonI am in communication with the Standing Joint Committee of Lanarkshire on the matter referred to by the hon. Member, and hope to have a Report from them of the circumstances of the case to-morrow or next day.