§ Major BIRCHALLasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give the latest available figures of the amount of tithe redeemed and the price of redemption?
Mr. WOODThe total amount of tithe-rent-charge redeemed under the Tithe Acts up to the 30th June, 1925, was £446,585, and the consideration money paid in respect of such redemption was approximately £8,354,600. In addition, about £190,000 of tithe rent-charge has been extinguished by declaration of merger.