§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, having regard to the fact that the crofter legislation referred to in the Queen's Speech is to be based on the Report of the Royal Commission (Highlands and Islands, 1892), and that the letterpress of that Report is already in type, and copies could be struck off in 153 a few days, steps will be taken to issue the Report without waiting for the maps, in order that the Crofters' Bill may be introduced before Easter.
§ SIR G. O. TREVELYANThe Stationery Office have already been instructed to issue the Report at the earliest possible date.
§ DR. MACGREGORI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether, in view of the forthcoming issue of the Report of the Highlands and Islands Commission, he will, in drafting a Bill based on that Report, consider the necessity of making any scheme of land purchase optional and not compulsory?
§ SIR G. O. TREVELYANI will note the point referred to by the hon. Member.