§ MR. CARLILE (Hertfordshire, St. Albans)To ask the Lord Advocate whether, in view of the injury to British commerce should foreign countries find 738 that false colliery certificates are not hold to be fraudulent in Scotland, he will reconsider his decision not to permit criminal proceedings to be taken in the case complained of by Messrs. Coats.
(Answered by Mr. Thomas Shaw.) The Question appears to be based on a misapprehension of the legal position, and I see no reason to depart from the decision as to criminal proceedings already announced.