§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners if the Commissioners maintain a list of approved estate agents for the sale and disposal of property for which the Commissioners are responsible; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeThe Commissioners do not maintain an approved list. The bulk of the Commissioners' property is managed by five firms of chartered surveyors, individual partners within each firm being appointed as agents of the Commissioners. These firms are Messrs Chestertons; Messrs Cluttons; Messrs Donaldsons; Messrs Hillier Parker May and Rowden; and Messrs Smiths Gore. The sale and disposal of any property is usually handled by the agents previously responsible for its management, although in a few cases other firms may be asked to act as joint agents. The same principle applies to those few properties which for various reasons are managed by other agents.