HC Deb 12 July 1906 vol 160 c1066
MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON (Durham, Barnard Castle)

I beg to ask the hon. Member for East Bristol, as Church Estates Commissioner, the number of licences owned by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the county of Durham.

MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE (Bristol, E.)

The number, so far as is known, is 69.

MR. LEIF JONES (Westmoreland, Appleby)

Is the number greater this year than last?

MR.CHARLES HOBHOUSE

That is a Question difficult to answer. Leases are continually falling in.

MR. LEIF JONES

Is it the policy of the Commissioners to reduce the number of licences on their property?

MR. CHARLES HOBHOUSE

Yes, that has always been their policy.