DEBATE RESUMED
EARL STANHOPE SPEAKS
(A.P.A. and "Sun.") (Beeeived 14th December, noon.) LONDON, 13th December. The House of Lords was again crowded when Earl Stanhope, resuming the j debate on the Prayer Book, laid that he regretted roost extremely to oppose the Primate, He would not do co if he felt that the new book would restore order, and discipline in accordance with the recommendations of the 1906 Commission. He felt that the Bishop's powers in the new regime were most inadequate, and the measure ought to be postponed till the .Ecclesiastical Courts had been reconstituted and their powers increased. The delay need not be prolonged. If the Church Assembly desired this legislation, it,might be introduced in 1928. ■ In order not to limit the scope of the debate, he would not press his own amendment in favour of not proceeding further till the measure were accompanied by provisions ensuring order and discipline.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 143, 14 December 1927, Page 11
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152DEBATE RESUMED Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 143, 14 December 1927, Page 11
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