HC Deb 01 August 1904 vol 139 c281
MR. AUSTIN TAYLOR (Liverpool, East Toxteth)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can say when the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Disorders in the Church will issue its Report.

THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.

I understand there is no prospect of this Report being issued in the course of the present year.

DR. HUTCHINSON (Sussex, Rye.)

Seeing the great interest that is taken in the inquiry by a great number of people, will the right hon. Gentleman use his influence to get an interim Report?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I am quite ready to consult with my right hon. friend the Chairman of the Commission. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that the work is extremely important, and the evidence given extremely valuable, but whether anything would be gained by an interim Report I am not prepared to say.