MR. MACGREGORsaid, he wished to inquire of the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had any objection to lay the Bill upon the table?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYA Bill, Sir, has been prepared founded on the Report of the Committee that sat last year to make inquiries respecting the operation of the Ecclesiastical Commission. It includes all those recommendations of the Committee which require legislative sanction. Some of these recommendations may be adopted by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners without the authority of an Act of Parliament. I have referred the Bill to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. I understand that they desire to introduce some additional provisions, but I have not yet received the Bill back from them. I therefore think that it would not be desirable to lay the Bill on the table this Session.