HC Deb 02 May 1906 vol 156 c578
MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can state when the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline will be able to issue their Report.

MR. SAMUEL EVANS (Glamorganshire, Mid.)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Report of the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline in the Church of England, and the print of the evidence taken by them, will be ready for and distributed to Members in time to be considered before the discussions on the Education Bill are taken either on the Second Reading or in Committee.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

I have no further information since the 22nd of February,† when I stated that I understood from the Chairman of the Commission that the Report would probably be completed by Whitsuntide; and I need hardly remind the hon. Member that the Government have no control over the proceedings of a Royal Commission.

MR. SLOAN

Has any inquiry been made since this Question was placed on the Paper?

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

No, I do not think so in view of inquiry having so recently been made of the Chairman of the Commission.