HC Deb 13 February 1913 vol 48 c1222W
Dr. CHAPPLE

asked the Secretary for Scotland whether, seeing that the effect of several Acts of Parliament has been to reduce the fees paid to registrars by parish councils in Scotland, he is prepared to take any steps to remedy the apparent hardship?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

The statutory fees payable to registrars by parish councils are prescribed by the Registration (Scotland) Acts, 1854–60, and the Vaccination (Scotland) Acts, 1863–1907. They are regulated in amount by the number of births, deaths, and marriages registered, but the prescribed rates have not been reduced by any subsequent enactment, and the assumption contained in the question would therefore appear to be erroneous.