§ MR. EUGENE WASON (Clackmannan and Kinross)I beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he can give the House any information as to when the Church Commission will make its final Report; and what is the reason for the delay in having a final settlement as to the disputed property.
§ MR. SINCLAIRI have no official information, but on referring to the Chairman I am requested to point out 1444 that the Commission has not only to pronounce decree of allocation but has to adjust separate orders for the transfer of property in connection with every one of the eleven hundred congregations concerned as well as in regard to property held for foreign missions in various parts of the world, for colleges, and for other schemes of the Church. It has also been, necessary to give much consideration to legacies which fall under the jurisdiction of the Church before formally allocating the capital funds. The task entrusted to the Commission involves manifold and complex difficulties and details which, cannot be described in an Answer to a Question, and the Commissioners with every desire for an early settlement have felt it their duty to deal with them thoroughly and comprehensively.