§ MR. CHIOZZA MONEYI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been directed to the fact that the Assessment Committee of the Paddington Borough Council have now assessed to local rates the West London Central Church, Westbourne Grove, on the ground that they have, by using the church for social work, infringed the Act, 3 and 4 Will. IV., chapter 30, section 1, which provides that churches and chapels shall not be rated as long as they are exclusively appropriated to public religious worship; and whether, if the council's action be uphold, he will introduce legislation to prevent the law being used to stop work which is so much needed in Paddington and similar places.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSMy attention has been drawn to this case. I have noted the suggestion made by my hon. friend, but I cannot promise to introduce legislation on this subject.