§ MR. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he can state to the House if it is the intention of the Government to drop the Welsh Suspensory Bill, and to bring in a Bill for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales either in an Autumn Session or early next Session?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE, Edinburgh, Midlothian)I hope to save hon. Members the trouble of putting questions of this sort by stating that until the time required for the disposal in this House of the Irish Government Bill is more definitely ascertained, the Government cannot make any statement with regard to the measure referred to in the question, or to any other Bills.
§ MR. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENIs it not the fact that the right hon. Gentleman has already made a communication upon the subject to the Welsh Parliamentary Party?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEI have written to an hon. Friend of mine who is associated with the Welsh Parliamentary Party; but I am not aware that I have made any communication to my hon. Friend in the smallest degree inconsistent with what I have just stated.