§ 31. Mr. BATEYasked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, if the Commissioners will now consider a reduction in the amount charged by them for royalty rents for coal in Durham, and for the amount remitted to be used directly for the benefit of the miners at the particular collieries?
§ Mr. DENMAN (Second Church Estates Commissioner)It is not in the power of the Commissioners to deal with a portion of their revenues in the manner suggested, the whole being devoted by Act of Parliament to other clearly defined purposes.