§ 67. Viscount WOLMERasked whether, under the Established Church (Wales) Bill, the judgment in the case of Banister v. Thompson will still hold good if a similar case were to arise in any parish church of one of the Disestablished dioceses?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe answer is in the negative. The Church in Wales, after Disestablishment, will be free to make its own arrangements in regard to its discipline.
§ Viscount WOLMERAm I to understand that the judgment referred to in my question will not hold good?
§ Mr. McKENNAEcclesiastical law, as law, will not hold good in Wales after Disestablishment. The Church in Wales will be free to make its own regulations, and 2139 if the Church in Wales chooses to decide that the judgment shall hold good in Wales, then it will hold good.
§ Viscount WOLMERWill a parishioner, from the mere fact that he is a parishioner, have right against the Church?
§ Mr. McKENNANo, an individual parishioner will have no right against the Church in that the Church has decided itself to the contrary. The Church will decide its own discipline.