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WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.

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WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. An Important Letter from the Prime Minister. Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., has received the following letter from the Prime Minister :— March 12th, 1906. My dear Evans,—The motion for the intro- duction of a Suspensory Bill, which you have placed on the notice paper and were good enough to defer for a week at my request, has been considered by the Government. I adhere to the statement made by me before the election to the Welsh members through Sir Alfred Thomas and Mr. Lloyd-George that Welsh Disestablishment remains an integral part of the legislative programme of the Liberal party, and will be dealt with at the first available opportunity. But I do not think that a Suspensory Bill is the best way of approaching the subject. Such a Bill would excite as much hostility as a Welsh Disestablishment Bill, if not more, as the Government discovered in 1893. But apart from that, if it were necessary to intro- duce a Suspensory Bill, it ought to be brought in by the Government on its own responsibility. The only precedent for a Suspensory Bill being introduced by a private member is that of 1867, when Mr. Gladstone, who was then leader of the Liberal Opposition, which constituted a majority of the House of Commons, brought one in on the eve of a dissolution. Under the. circumstances I am afraid you would not secure a good division. There would be no time for you to explain the Bill. As you are aware no Minister could under the Standing Order speak and explain the position of the Government, and there are many who would vote for Disestablishment who doubt the wisdom of a Suspensory Bill. I feel certain the object you had in view in calling attention to the question has been served, but I am quite sure you would not like to put the Government into the position of having withheld support from the Bill on purely tech- nical grounds, as it would be misconstrued and would do harm to the cause of Disestablishment as well as to the Government. I therefore hope you can see your way to taking it off the paper. "I need hardly tell you there is no desire whatever on the part of the Government to shirk the question, and I know you are as anxious to assist us in this as in other matters. Yours very truly, "H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN." Mr. Evans replied:- I am much obliged for your letter of this date. I need hardly assure you that my sole desire was to aid our cause, and that I had no wish whatever to embarrass the Government, Nothing was further from my mind. Your letter is quite satisfactory to me, and I have had pleasure in complying with your wish by re- moving the notice of motion for leave to bring in a Suspensory Bill this Session,"

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