§ Sir J. Duncanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements he is making for obtaining independent advice on methods of dealing with offenders against the criminal law.
§ Mr. MaclayI am appointing a Scottish Advisory Council on the Treatment 25W of Offenders, whose terms of reference will be:
To provide the Secretary of State with advice and suggestions on matters relating to the treatment of offenders.I am glad to say that the following ladies and gentlemen have accepted invitations to serve on the Council.Chairman
- H. R. Leslie, Esq., Q.C., Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk.
Members
- D. A. P. Barry, Esq.
- W. Hewitson Brown, Esq., O.B.E.
- Sheriff W. J. Bryden.
- J. Downie Campbell, Esq., J.P.
- Mrs. M. Davidson.
- Chief Constable D. Gray.
- Lieut.-Colonel C. S. Hampton.
- J. Hill, Esq., O.B.E.
- A. B. Hume, Esq.
- W. G. Leburn, Esq., T.D., M.P.
- The Marquess of Lothian.
- J. A. Mack, Esq.
- A. D. MacKellar, Esq., O.B.E.
- Mrs. Alison W. Mackenzie.
- Professor A. A. Matheson, Q.C.
- Canon Peter Morrison.
- Norman Murchison, Esq., B.Sc., O.B.E.
- Sheriff A. M. Praia.
- The Rev. R. Leonard Small, D.D.
- T. Steele, Esq., M.P.
- Dr. M. Whittet, M.R.C.P.E., D.P.M.