§ 41. Mr. KINGasked the hon. Member for the Doncaster Division, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether he is aware that information as to the endowments of the four Welsh bishoprics, based on facts which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners refused to disclose to the Royal Commission on the Welsh Church, was furnished privately to certain hon. Members of the House for the purposes of debate arising on 28th January; and what steps is he prepared to take to secure that information in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall be fairly accessible to all Members requiring it?
§ Sir CHARLES NICHOLSONI am not aware that any information refused to the Royal Commission on the Welsh Church by or on behalf of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners has been furnished privately to Members of the House for the purpose of debate. The Ecclesiatical Commissioners have in answer to questions readily furnished to all hon. Members asking for it such information as they could properly give with due regard to the interests under their charge, and I know of nothing more that they can fairly be asked to do.