MR. J. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Notts, Mansfield)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has received from Mrs. J. C. Reynolds, of Paxford, an assurance, sustained by evidence, that on her being ejected from the churchyard of Blockley, Worcestershire, on the occasion of the burial of Mrs. Dark, she was told by the Vicar that he was acting in accordance with a rule which had been in force for some years, which rule, he has informed the Home Secretary does not exist, and, whether he has inquired, or will inquire more particularly into the circumstances of the case?
§ SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEYI have received further communications on this matter, both from Mrs. Reynolds and from the Vicar. These do not necessitate any modification of the answer I have already given, and I do not purpose making further inquiry in the case, which is one in which I have no authority whatever.
MR. CARVELL WILLIAMSMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman if he has not received a communication to the effect stated in the question?
§ SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEYI have received a communication from both sides, from Mrs. Reynolds, and from the Vicar, and they contradict each other.