HC Deb 13 July 1903 vol 125 cc406-7
MR. BRYNMOR JONES (Swansea District)

I beg to ask the hon. Member for West Salford if he will state how many meetings of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were held in the years 1901 and 1902; what was the number of attendances at these meetings of each Church Estates Commissioner; was the business of the Commission delayed on any and how many occasions owing to the fact that two Church Estates Commissioners were not present.

THE PARLIAMENTARY CHARITY COMMISSIONER (Mr. LEES KNOWLES,) Salford, W.

The numbers of meetings of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were in 1901 twenty-one, and in 1902 twenty-two; of the Estates Committee in 1901 thirty-five, and in 1902 thirty-four. The attendances of the Church Estates Commissioners at these meetings were: of the First Church Estates Commissioner in 1901 fifty-three, and in 1902 fifty-four; of the Second Church Estates Commissioner in 1901 forty-one, and in 1902 fifty; of the Church Estates Commissioner appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1901 fifty-four, and in 1902 fifty-five. There has not during the period in question been any failure of a meeting by reason of the non-attendance of the minimum number of two Church Estates Commissioners.