§ SIR J. SWINBURNE (Staffordshire, Lichfield)I wish to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, pending the appointment and Report of the Royal Commission on the tithe question, he will ask the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to allow reductions on tithes due to them in the same proportion as they are allowed on similar lands in the same parishes.
§ MR. W. H. SMITHIt would be entirely beyond my duty or that of any Member of the Government to tender any advice to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with respect to reducing their tithes.