§ Mr. Graham PageI beg to move Amendment No. 23, in page 13, line 12, after 'benefice', insert:
'of the Church of England'.
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Miss Harvie Anderson)With this we are to take Amendments Nos. 24 and 25.
§ Mr. PageDuring the Committee stage, the hon. Member for Renfrew, West (Mr. Buchan) moved an amendment not in a spirit of "narrow Chauvinism", as he said, but seeking confirmation that compensation for Church of Scotland property in England and Wales would not go to the Church Commissioners. I remember that we all thought it a rather good joke at the time that Scottish Church property should be thought to be going to the Church of England.
I undertook to seek the advice of the Lord Advocate as to whether any drafting clarification would be desirable. I am delighted to say that I was advised by the Lord Advocate that we could put the matter out of doubt with these amendments.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Amendments made: No. 24, in page 13, line 14, after 'diocese', insert:
'of the Church of England'.
§ No. 25, in line 16, leave out subsection (3).—[Mr. Graham Page.]