§ Mr. CLIMIEasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he is aware that in the County of Ayr, Kilmarnock Division, there is a very great scarcity of Justices of the Peace and that one Justice of the Peace has been appointed since February, 1920; and if he will take such steps as may be necessary to have this state of matters remedied at the earliest possible moment?
§ The SOLICITOR - GENERAL for SCOTLANDJustices of the Peace are appointed by the Lord Chancellor after considering the advice of an Advisory Committee whose duty, amongst other things, is to inform the Lord Chancellor of the necessity—when it exists—for appointing additional Justices. I am informed that the Kilmarnock Committee has not laid any such information before the Lord Chancellor since January, 1920, when 12 magistrates resident in the district were appointed; and that if there is now any scarcity it is open to the Committee to represent the fact to the Lord Chancellor.