§ THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGHasked the Prime Minister, Whether it would be convenient to somewhat postpone the Committee stage of the Tithe Rent-charge Bill, so as to allow a fuller consideration of the Amendments that had been put down on the Paper?
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (The Marquess of SALISBURY)said, the only other day available was Monday week, the day on which the House rose before the Queen's birthday. He might take this opportunity of stating that he had received a great number of communications with regard to the clause in the Bill which provided for the reduction of 5 per cent by the landowner, and he felt that this would in many cases inflict an injustice on the titheowner, where, for instance, the landowner now paid his own tithe, where the landowner was in occupation, and where the titheowner was in the habit of collecting the tithe himself. He, therefore, proposed to drop the clause.