§ MR. DRAGE (Derby)On behalf of the noble Lord the Member for Greenwich I beg to ask the Attorney General whether his attention has been called to statements showing the heavy cost of proceedings before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council under the Clergy Discipline Act; and whether it is in the power of the Rule Committee under that Act, or of the Privy Council, to diminish the expenses of such proceedings by regulations; and, if so, whether he can suggest in the proper quarter the issue of such regulations?
SIR R. WEBSTERMy attention has not been called to the matter referred to by the noble Lord, but I am aware that the costs of proceedings in the Privy Council are heavy. I will communicate with the proper authorities to ascertain whether it is possible to make a reduction in this respect.