§ Mr. MACLEANasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Admiralty, before proceeding with the case of Captain Bull, asked for the advice of the Law Officers of the Crown, in view of the decision in the case of Holt v. Markham (1923, vol. i, King's Bench Division, pages 504 to 516), where the Army agents sought to recover £600 alleged to have been overpaid to Colonel R. G. L. Markham; and whether he is prepared to state what the Law Officer's opinion was?
Mr. DAVIDSONThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The second part does not therefore arise.