MR. MELLOR (York, W.R., Sowerby)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General if he can state by what authority the Archbishop of Canterbury is about to hold a Court with the Archbishop of York as assessor; whether such Court is a legal Court; if not, would the Archbishops in such a Court be bound by the decisions of the Privy Council; will all parties bo heard; and how is it proposed that the decisions of the Court shall be enforced?
§ THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir R. WEBSTER, Isle of Wight)The question of the right honourable Gentleman is founded on a misapprehension. The hearing proposed to be held by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will not be a Court, but will depend, as other similar tribunals, upon the consent of the parties who appear before him. None of the subsidiary questions which the right honourable Gentleman has raised apply to such a tribunal.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLDoes consent give jurisdiction?
§ SIR R. WEBSTERYes, certainly.