§ MR. CLELAND (Glasgow, Bridgeton)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether, with a view to avoiding the inconvenience and expense entailed by the present system of legal procedure, he will consider the advisability of setting up a branch of the court of session in the West of Scotland to deal with commercial cases arising in that part of Scotland.
§ MR. SINCLAIRSuch inconvenience and expense as may be caused to litigants in the West of Scotland through the fact that the court of session holds its sittings in Edinburgh are not, in my opinion, sufficient to justify judicial changes of the importance and magnitude involved in the proposal of my hon. friend, and the answer is consequently in the negative. I may say that before replying in these terms I have taken counsel with my right hon. friend the Lord Advocate.