§ MR. WARDLE (Stockport)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the sentence of five months imprisonment passed on driver Gourlay at Edinburgh upon Tuesday last in connection with the Arbroath disaster; and whether, in view of the absence of unanimity among the jury and their recommendation of leniency, the extenuating circumstances under which the 342 accident took place and the advanced age of Gourlay, he will consider the advisability of revising or remitting the sentence.
§ (Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) My attention has been called to this matter, and it is receiving consideration.