§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Prime Minister, whether, before appointing the Home Secretary as an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, he took steps to ascertain whether he was a member of the Church of England, in view of the declaration to that effect required of each member of the Commission under Statute 6 and 7 William IV., c. 77?
§ Mr. McKENNAI would ask the Noble Lord to postpone this question until the Prime Minister is here.
§ Viscount WOLMERAre we to understand that the right hon. Gentleman requires the Prime Minister to tell him whether or not he is a member of the Church of England?
§ Mr. McKENNAIt is a very difficult legal question to determine who is and who is not a member of the Church of England as by law established.
§ Viscount WOLMERDoes not the right hon. Gentleman know himself whether he is a member?
§ Mr. McKENNAI am rather disposed to think that I am a member of the 1366 Church of England, who habitually takes advantage of the Toleration Act and other statutes.
§ Viscount WOLMEROn that legal quibble—?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe Noble Lord had better put his question on the Paper.