§ Mr. E. L. Mallalieu (Second Church Estates Commissioner)I beg to move:
That the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure, 1967, 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.The task allotted to me this morning will not take long. This Measure is to remove an irritant which operates at present in the minds of a great many clergymen in their pensions arrangements. Opportunity has also been taken in this Measure to improve the principal Measure relating to clergy pensions. Until this Measure becomes law, each clergyman has to pay £9 a year to provide a £50 pension for widows and dependants, although 20 per cent. of clergymen do not leave widows and 30 per cent. do not leave dependant relatives. That irritant is proposed to be removed by this Measure.
§ Question put and agreed to.