HC Deb 09 February 1882 vol 266 c340

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

MR. LLOYD moved— ''That the Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave he given to bring in a Bill to amend the Procedure against Contumacious Clerks, the Church Discipline Act, and 'The Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874.'

MR. O'DONNELL

asked the hon. and learned Member to furnish the House with a precise definition of the meaning of the words "Contumacious Clerks."

MR. LLOYD

replied, that the words "Contumacious Clerks" was a term of art well understood in the Ecclesiastical Courts; but he feared he could give no better definition of them than the words themselves.

Motion agreed to.

Resolution reported:—Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. LLOYD, Baron DE FERRIERES, Mr. HUSSEY VIVIAN, Sir THOMAS CHAMBERS, Mr. ABEL SMITH, Mr. GREER, and Mr. CECIL FORESTER.

Feb 10—Bill presented, and read the first time. [Bill 41.]