§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the recent Minute by the Secretary for Scotland regarding the office of the Register of Sasines, Edinburgh, issued as a Parliamentary Paper, was printed in England; if he can explain why the English instead of the Scottish royal coat of arms appears on it, to what the error is due, and, as attention has been drawn to a similar mistake last year, if he will take steps to avoid its recurrence; and whether, when the interests of the public service allow it, he will cause Papers relating to Scottish Departments to be printed in Scotland.
§ MR. A. G. MURRAYThe Minute of the Secretary for Scotland referred to is prepared in the Scottish Office, Whitehall, and it is necessary in the interests of the public service that such Papers should be printed in London. The Secretary for 484 Scotland sees no reason for any change in this procedure, either as regards royal arms, or otherwise. All Papers prepared in public departments in Scotland are printed in Scotland, and the Scottish royal coat of arms appears upon them.
§ MR. PIRIEWhy should Papers issued from the Scottish Office in London not bear the Scottish royal arms?
§ * MR A. G. MURRAYI cannot add to my answer. I understand the Scottish royal arms are put only on Papers printed in Scotland, and the English arms on those printed in England.