§ 74. Mr. KINGasked the right hon. Member for Morpeth, as Chairman of the Committee on Public Petitions, whether he is aware that certain petitions against the Established Church (Wales) Bill are being signed in the parish churches of England and Wales at or after the times of public worship, and that invitations to sign such petitions are being made by the clergy during divine service; and whether the Report of the Committee on Public Petitions can be utilised for information on this matter so as to show how far parish churches are being used for political agitation?
§ Mr. BURTThe Select Committee on Public Petitions have no official cognisance of the matter to which my hon. Friend refers; nor can they report on such matters under their Order of Reference.
§ Mr. KINGArising out of that question and reply, may I ask whether the Committee can take into consideration whether some means cannot be arranged by which hon. Members wishing a respite from politics on Sundays can obtain it in the parish churches?