§ MR. COLVILLE (Lanarkshire, N.E.)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if his attention has been drawn to the death, on 242 Thursday of last week, on the public highway between Motherwell and Hamilton, of Bernard O'Neil, steelworker, Motherwell, under circumstances calling for searching inquiry; is he aware that O'Neil was at the time of his death engaged in a dispute with Patrick Kelly, a bookmaker from Hamilton; and whether, having regard to the circumstances of the case, it is the intention of the Government to amend the law respecting gambling on the boundaries of burghs in Scotland.
§ * MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAYThe case referred to has been fully inquired into by the Procurator-Fiscal, and was reported to Crown Counsel, who have instructed no proceedings. I concur with the decision of Crown Counsel, and having regard to the terms of the question, I think I ought to say that my information is such as in my opinion to exonerate Kelly. O'Neil's death occurred in circumstances which would not have been affected by such legislation as is suggested in the last paragraph of the question; and the Government can give no undertaking in respect of such legislation.