§ Mr. WESTasked the hon. Member for Carlisle, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are the parties jointly interested along with the Church of England in the Bishop of London's Paddington estate, and whether these parties are in any way representative of the Church or ordinary private investors?
§ Mr. MIDDLETONThis estate belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners subject formerly to a perpetually renewable lease, now under the recent Real Property Statute's converted into a lease for 2,000 years. The lessees are trustees for private individuals.