Public Bodies Bill [HL]

I promise not to hold your Lordships' House any longer, so I shall reply specifically to that. If I felt that the Church of England had carried through its necessary duties in a way that was commensurate with its great heritage, I would not be supporting the amendment. If the argument of the right reverend Prelate were made by anyone else, no one would take it seriously. If anyone said, ““I am very sorry. I am now running a business and it is really very difficult for me to keep this house as it is””, people would say, ““I’m afraid that is your responsibility; that is what happens if you have been given the house; you have to look after it properly””. It is all right arguing about the churches, but you cannot make any money out of the churches.