§ 74. Mr. WATTasked the Secretary for Scotland whether any provision has been made or is in contemplation to raise the wages of the staffs of the sheriff clerks' offices in Scotland; is he aware that two commissions recommended increases in these salaries and also the raising of commissary fees to meet such advances; and will he say whether it is proposed to adopt both these recommendations at an early date?
§ Mr. MUNROProvision has been made for extending to the employés in sheriff clerks' offices the war-bonus awards of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board for Government Employés. As regards permanent rates of remuneration, I am aware of the Commissions referred to and of their recommendations. A memorial submitted to me by the Association of Sheriff Clerks Depute, in which proposals are put forward for increasing the remuneration of these officials and for raising commissary fees, is at present receiving my consideration, in consultation with my right hon. Friend the Lord Advocate.
§ Mr. WATTIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a saving might be effected in the higher paid officers of the administration of justice in Scotland and given to the lower?