§ 51. Mr. HARCOURT JOHNSTONEasked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether he can now make any statement as to the policy of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in granting or renewing mineral leases in the South Shields area?
§ Mr. DENMAN (Second Church Estates Commissioner)Parties interested in the question of the terms of building leases in the mining area to which the hon. Member refers have been invited to a conference which I hope will shortly take place.
§ Mr. BUCHANANHas not the time arrived when, in the interests of economy, this body should be entirely abolished?
§ Mr. DENMANIt is one of those bodies which involves no expenditure on the State whatever.