Ordination Of Women 77. Mr. Harry Greenway To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, how many priests he expects to be paid redundancy and severance payments in the event of women being ordained in the Church of England; and if he will make a statement. Mr. Alison No authoritative projections exist of the numbers of priests likely to leave the Church of England in the event of women being ordained to the priesthood.