§ MR. HEDDERWICKI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether some procurators - fiscal upon appointment are debarred from undertaking private practice, while others are not; and, if so, upon what principle, if any, such a distinction is made?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireThe facts are as stated by the hon. Member. The principle of the recent policy has been to restrict procurators-fiscal from private practice, and it has only been departed from in some of the smaller posts when it appeared impossible, at the salary sanctioned by the Treasury, to secure the services of a sufficiently competent man without allowing him to continue in private practice.