§ MR. D. A. THOMAS (Merthyr Tydvil)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can now give, by parishes and counties, any changes that may have occurred in the tithes, glebe, and properties of the Church of England in Wales since the issue of Parliamentary Paper, No. 240, session 1894, and any changes in the disposition of the revenue derived from those sources.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I have made inquiry of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners about this matter. I find from them that the information contained in the Return of 1894 is still substantially correct, and that the fresh particulars for which the hon. Member asks would, in all probability, be so insignificant in 1373 amount as to be of little value, while to obtain them would be a task of considerable magnitude, which would take a long time to complete. In these circumstances I do not at present think there is sufficient justification for asking the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to undertake the very serious labour which would be involved.