HC Deb 11 March 1892 vol 2 cc635-6
MR. S. T. EVANS (Glamorgan, Mid)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the resolutions recently passed by both Houses of Convocation of the Province of York expressing strongly their desire and conviction that no measure dealing with clergy discipline should be presented for Second Reading in either House of Parliament before Convocation has seen and considered such measure; and whether the Government will, under the circumstances, consider the advisability of not proceeding with the measure introduced in another place by the Archbishop of York until after the clergy of the northern province shall have expressed their views upon it?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.

I have no cognisance of the resolutions alluded to, but if the hon. Member will put down the question for a later day I will make inquiry.