§ Major CARVERasked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the deficiency in the payment of ecclesiastical tithes for the last six months and how this deficiency compares with the similar deficiency for each of the preceding three years?
§ Mr. DENMANEcclesiastical tithe rentcharge is vested in the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty under the Tithe Act, 1925, and is collected by the Bounty mainly through area committees constituted pursuant to that Act. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are not possessed of the information needed to supply the answer to the hon. Member's question.