§ Mr. NIELDasked the right hon. Member for Morpeth, as chairman of the Committee on Public Petitions, if he will state how many petitions have been presented to date against the Bill for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales; how many signatures are comprised in such petitions; how many petitions, and with what number of signatures, have been presented to date in favour of the Bill; what are the numbers of petitions for and against the Bill which have been presented from Wales; and what are the numbers of signatures comprised in such last-mentioned petitions?
§ Mr. BURTUp to and including the 27th inst., 5,967 petitions have been presented against the Established Church (Wales) Bill; there has not yet been time to count all the signatures appended thereto. Two petitions have been presented in favour of the Bill, containing four signatures; 1,090 petitions have been presented against the Bill from Wales, containing 511,000 signatures; none in favour of it.