Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 December 2000.
That is a very disappointing reply from my hon. Friend. We shall debate the Hunting Bill next Monday and some hon. Members may look to the Church for guidance on the issue, but, yet again, there is just a deafening silence. When will the Church of England get off the fence on an issue that is so crucially important for many of its communicants and many of our constituents?