§ (1) On the date of Disestablishment every cathedral and ecclesiastical corporation in the Church in Wales, whether sole or aggregate, shall be dissolved.
§ (2) On and after the date of Disestablishment no bishop of the Church in Wales shall as such be summoned to or be qualified to sit or vote as a Lord of Parliament; but save as aforesaid every person who is at the passing of this Act a bishop, dean, canon, or archdeacon of or the holder of any ecclesiastical office in the Church in Wales, shall during his life enjoy the same title and precedence as if this Act had not passed.
§ (3) On and after the date of Disestablishment no person shall, by reason only of being a bishop, priest, or deacon of the Church in Wales, be disqualified or liable to any penalty for sitting or voting in the House of Commons.
§ Government Amendments made: At the end of Sub-section (2), insert new Sub-section—"(3) Writs of summons shall be issued to bishops not disqualified by this enactment for sitting in the House of Lords as if the bishops so disqualified had vacated their sees."
§ In Sub-section (3), leave out the words "by reason only of being a bishop, priest, or deacon of the Church in Wales."
§ At end of Clause, add the words
§ "by reason of having been ordained to the office of priest or deacon if the ecclesiastical office he holds is an ecclesiastical office in the Church in Wales, or, if he does not hold any ecclesiastical office, if the last ecclesiastical office which he held was an ecclesiastical office in the Church in Wales."—[Mr. McKenna.]