HC Deb 06 December 1938 vol 342 c975
16. Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received a report upon the recent drowning accident at Bayble, Isle of Lewis, in which four boys lost their lives; and whether he will make a statement regarding the part played by the trawler involved?

The Lord Advocate (Mr. T. M. Cooper)

Yes, Sir. I have ordered the institution of proceedings against the master of the trawler on a charge of culpable homicide.