HL Deb 25 April 1890 vol 343 cc1406-7

House in Committee (on Re-commitment) (according to order).

Bill reported without further amendment.

THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD

I shall ask your Lordships to consent to a few slight alterations which it is desirable to make in the Bill. They are merely literal mistakes or errors by inadvertence. But in Clause 9 it is provided that the office of Trustee shall be vacated under certain circumstances. One of them is, if the Trustee shall reside abroad for a period exceeding 12 months. I believe that is not an uncommon provision in other Trusts, and it is not unreasonable, because, where Trustees require to meet constantly, such a prolonged absence should be a disqualification. But in this case, where the Trusteeship is only that of a living, it seems to be a somewhat vexatious provision that if a Trustee resides abroad for a period exceeding 12 months his tenure of the office should cease. I would therefore ask your Lordships' consent to the excision of those words.

Further Amendments made; Bill to be read 3a on Monday next.