§ MR. J. G. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if he will state the circumstances under which the Secretary for Scotland advised the Foreign Office that it was undesirable to act on the recommendation contained in the last Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, in which it is urged that an application should be made to the Governments of Russia and Austria with a view to a reduction of the heavy duty on herrings imported from Scotland into those countries?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. GKAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireIt is not accurate to say that the Secretary for Scotland advised the Foreign Office, but after due consideration and in consultation with the Foreign Office, he arrived at the conclusion that it would bring about no useful result to approach the Russian and Austrian Governments on the subject.