§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the Secretary for Scotland has received a memorial from the Lewis and Harris Association, and from nine other Highland associations, urging that the line fishing industry in Highland and Hebridean waters is imperfectly protected from the depredations of illegal trawlers, and, in view of the fact that the associations suggest that one or two swift boats, capable of putting to sea in any ordinary weather, should be placed on police duty round the shores of the Hebrides and adjacent mainland, will he state whether the Secretary for Scotland will consider the expediency of acting on the suggestion.
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. A. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireThe memorial was received two days ago, and is udder consideration, and a reply will be sent in due course.