I beg to move, "That the Clause be read a Second time."

The purpose of the Act has been largely frustrated. It was the aim and the intention of the framers of the Act that all proceedings connected with our private legislation, as far as possible, should be carried out in Scotland. In point of fact, the great majority of the Orders, certainly of the more important Orders, are drafted in Loudon, and the proceedings are carried through by London solicitors. It was in the contemplation of the Legislature that this should be done in Edinburgh. One of the principal reasons for this unsatisfactory state of matters is the fact that the Scottish Office is situated not in Edinburgh, where it ought to be—