HC Deb 10 July 1873 vol 217 cc195-6

On Motion of Mr. WHALLEY, Bill to repeal so much of the Act of the third and fourth years of Her present Majesty, chapter eighty-six, commonly called "The Church Discipline Act," as deprives the Laity of the power of prosecuting the Clergy for offences against the Ecclesiastical Discipline of the Church of England, ordered to be brought in by Mr. WHALLEY and Mr. JONES PARRY.

Bill presented, and read the first time. [Bill 234.]