§ Mr. WATTasked the Lord Advocate whether he is aware that the salaries of clerks in the Register House in Edinburgh are unattachable by arrestment, that in several instances recently the courts have granted warrant to arrest, that these warrants have been defied by the keeper of the Register of Sasines, and that the sheriffs who grant the warrants say they are unable to enforce them; and, if so, will he say what steps he proposes to take so that these clerks may be equal with others before the law?
§ The LORD ADVOCATE(Mr. Ure)As the law at present stands, the salaries referred to, like other Civil Service salaries in Scotland, are not attachable by arrestment. The question whether the Bankruptcy Law should be amended in the direction suggested by my hon. Friend will be considered in any legislation following upon the Report, issued last year, of the Committee appointed by the Secretary for Scotland to inquire into the Bankruptcy Law of Scotland and its administration.