Tags: Bishops
Reducing bishops in House of Lords ‘inevitable’, says CofE paper
Posted: Mon, 14 Feb 2022
The CofE is open to reducing the number of bishops in a reformed House of Lords but not scrapping them entirely, a briefing suggests. Read More »
Bishops’ bench rallies against Assisted Dying Bill
Posted: Tue, 26 Oct 2021
Anglican bishops in the House of Lords have united to oppose a bill to allow the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill people. Read More »
Majority of public opposes places for bishops in Lords, poll finds
Posted: Tue, 23 Mar 2021
A majority of the British public thinks the House of Lords should stop reserving places for C of E bishops, a YouGov poll has found. Read More »
Bill to end bishops’ automatic right to sit in Lords introduced
Posted: Wed, 29 Jan 2020
A bill to end bishops' automatic right to sit in the House of Lords, which the NSS helped to draft, has been introduced to parliament. Read More »
Government praises “spiritual insight” of bishops in response to petition calling for their removal from the Lords
Posted: Tue, 09 Feb 2016
The Government has said that changes to the Lords are "important" but that the position of the bishops in the Upper House is not a "priority", in response to a petition calling for the removal of 26 bishops from the House of Lords. Read More »
Boris Johnson describes bishops in the House of Lords as “clerical fossils”
Posted: Tue, 24 Mar 2015
London Mayor Boris Johnson has described Anglican bishops with the automatic right to a seat in the House of Lords as "clerical fossils." Read More »
NSS debates the role of bishops in Government at Durham Union Society
Posted: Fri, 08 Jun 2012
NSS President Terry Sanderson, and Executive Director Keith Porteous Wood, both argued the case that 'This House believes bishops have no place in Government' in a formal debate at Durham Union Society. Read More »
Archbishop pleads for the retention of the bishops’ bench in Lords
Posted: Fri, 02 Dec 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, this week appeared before the parliamentary committee looking into reform of the House of Lords arguing for the retention of the bishops' bench. Read More »
Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas and archbishops don’t vote for an elected second chamber
Posted: Fri, 18 Nov 2011
In a response to the Government's consultation on its proposals to reform the House of Lords, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have argued that the bench of bishops should remain and should be joined by senior members of other religions. Read More »
