§ Mr. WATTasked the Secretary for Scotland whether the assistant clerk of the Crofters Commission has been given a similar appointment under the Land Court; if so, at what salary; whether he was allowed to engage in private practice as a solicitor when he was in his former appointment; whether he has that privilege in his new position; and whether, in future appointments, it will be made a condition that no private practice be engaged in by any one given a position connected with a Court?
Mr. McKINNON WOODI am at present in consultation with the Treasury in regard to the matter referred to. Any statement on the subject would therefore be premature, but my hon. Friend may rest assured that the suggested restriction, which, as he states, did not operate under the Crofters Commission, will be a condition of appointments under the Land Court.