§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether he will grant for Scotland a Return referring to the Employment of school children, similar to that granted by the English Education Department (Part II. of which is already issued).
MR. GRAHAM MURRAYI am not prepared to admit that a precedent can always be drawn for Scotland from the case of England, and the Department has grave doubts whether a Return, such as that indicated in the honourable Member's Question, could be made either so complete or so accurate as to be of any practical use proportionate to the trouble which it would involve. In any case, the Department proposes to wait for the issue of the first part of the English Return, which is promised shortly.