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THE Church Commissioners would have to allocate an amount equivalent to one per cent of their endowment annually to Diocesan Stipend Funds, under a new Measure proposed by the Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Revd Richard Jackson, and the Bishop of Bath & Wells, Dr Michael Beasley

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