§ Mr. De Chairasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that before the passing of the Tithe Act, 1936, tithe was recoverable only if it issued out of the land, and that the Tithe Redemption Commission is issuing bankruptcy notices in respect of tithe which did not issue out of the land during the past 12 years; and what he proposes 1807W to do to prevent the retrospective application of a personal liability for tithe which no one was under any obligation to pay at the time when it nominally became due?
§ Captain CrookshankMy hon. Friend appears to be under a misapprehension, since there was no tithe rentcharge which did not issue out of land and in respect of which there was no obligation to make payment when it became due. The Tithe Act, 1936, provides a personal remedy for the recovery of arrears of tithe rentcharge in addition to the remedies previously available and it is under that provision that bankruptcy proceedings may be taken. I see no reason for any amendment of the law.