§ 45. Mr. KINGasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that certain proposals for the better application and uses of ancient charitable trusts are obliged by Statute to be presented to Parliament as public Bills, and when put forward in this way by the Charity Commissioner have only the chances of private Members' Bills; that in consequence such Bills are blocked not on their merits but from purely party or personal reasons; and that certain trust funds are at present prevented from being applied to any useful purpose at all; and whether, next Session, he will, by legislation or otherwise, initiate some new method by which ancient benefactions may with less expense and delay be devoted to ends consonant with the wishes of their founders and the interests of the people concerned?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Asquith)I will consider whether some better method than the existing one can be devised of dealing with Bills proposed by the Charity Commissioner.
§ Mr. KINGWill the right hon. Gentleman look over the speech delivered yesterday—a short and pithy one—by the right hon. Gentleman (Mr. C. P. Allen), who referred to this matter in Debate?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, Sir.