§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek to bring the arrangements in respect of the appointment of justices of the peace into line with the practice in the rest of the United Kingdom by abolishing the fees at present charged in Scotland.
§ Mr. MaclayThe only fee payable by a justice when he is appointed to a Commission of the Peace in Scotland is the fee payable to the clerk of the peace, who makes the arrangements for him to take the necessary oaths. The amount of this fee, at present 16s. 3d., is fixed, along with the amounts of other fees which form the remuneration of clerks of the peace, by the Court of Session. The question whether other arrange-32W ments could be made for the payment of this fee will be considered when a suitable legislative opportunity arises.