§ MR. BRAND (Cambridgeshire, Wisbech)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the continuance in the Established Church of England and Wales of disorders which the Archbishops and Bishops have failed to restrain, and of the pledge given in the Government Amendment of 10th May, 1899, that ecclesiastical legislation should be undertaken if there was not a speedy restoration of conformity on the part of the clergy to the law of Church and Realm, he is, upon reconsideration, prepared to afford to the Bill to make further provision for enforcing discipline in case of offences committed by clergymen all such facilities and support as may be necessary to pass it into law during the present session.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI must not be taken as accepting the version of the fact given by the hon. Gentleman. In any case, he will readily recognise that it is perfectly impossible for the Government to find time for what cannot be otherwise than a highly controversial private Bill.