§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any proposals to increase the resources available to the Lay Observer for Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe resources available to the Lay Observer for Scotland fall within my right hon. and learned Friend's current consideration of the responses he has received to the proposals in his consultation paper "The Legal Profession in Scotland", published on 13 March 1989, that the office of the Lay Observer for Scotland might be enhanced.