HC Deb 23 March 1893 vol 10 cc903-4
MR. STANLEY LEIGHTON

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether all appointments in private patronage are excluded from the operation of the Welsh Suspensory Bill; and, if so, whether he can inform the House of the number of such preferments in Wales and Monmouthshire?

MR. W. E. GLADSTONE

They will be excluded from the scope of the Bill, and no doubt the numbers can be given in the form of a Return.

MR. S. LEIGHTON

Is the great living of Hawarden within the operation of the Bill?

MR. W. E. GLADSTONE

It is within the operation of the Bill geographically, but it will be in the same category as all other private advowsons.

MR. S. LEIGHTON

And therefore is not affected by the Bill.