§ SIR JOHN GORST (Cambridge University)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether any of the beneficed parochial clergy are at the present time Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, or take any part in its management or in that of the Ecclesiastical Commission; and, if not, whether it would be possible to alter or remedy this as to either body without an Act of Parliament.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am informed that in order to alter the constitution of Queen Anne's Bounty it would be necessary either to have legislation or to have a new charter, and that with regard to the Ecclesiastical Commission legislation is absolutely necessary. In these circumstances I think any reform of these two bodies ought to be undertaken together by legislation. My right hon. friend will be aware that there was a Joint Committee of the two Houses to look into the constitution of these two bodies and that the Committee recommended their amalgamation.