CHURCH OF ENGLAND MEASURES (Hansard, 22 June 1967)

§ Mr. E. L. Mallalieu (Brigg)

I beg to move, That the Extra-Parochial Ministry Measure, passed by the National Assembly of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for Her Royal Assent in the form in which the said Measure was laid before Parliament. This Measure was passed by the Church of England Assembly with no dissentient voice and the Ecclesiastical Committee of both Houses has approved The object of the Measure is as follows. At present clergymen are confined in their ministrations to their own parishes, but laymen may have themselves enrolled on the electoral roll of a parish in which they do not reside, and may regard that as their parish. This Measure enables clergymen of the parish, which they have, so to speak, adopted, to minister to these laymen in their parish of residence, in their home and to their household.

The second part deals with the appointment of private chaplains in institutions. At present, this is done under the law of 1871. If the House accepts this Measure, as I hope that it will, there will be permission to bishops to appoint chaplains in institutions even where there is no chapel.

§ Mr. E. L. Mallalieu

I beg to move, That the Overseas and Other Clergy (Ministry and Ordination) Measure, passed by the National Assembly of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for Her Royal Assent in the form in which the said Measure was laid before Parliament. There was one dissentient vote in the Church Assembly against this Measure. The Ecclesiastical Committee of both Houses has approved the Measure, and I submit that the House should approve it also.

The object of the Measure is to enable overseas clergymen to apply to the archbishop of either province to be able to minister in this country in the province of the archbishop to which they have applied. At present, this is achieved under the Colonial Clergy Act, 1874. 2113 The House will realise how inappropriate the Title of that Act now is and how it can give offence to some and offend the susceptibilities of others coming from the new republics.

The second part of the Measure is to enable overseas bishops, with permission—indeed, on the invitation of—bishops to minister in the bishopric of the bishop to which they have applied for permis- 2114 sion. Those are the two parts of the Measure.