Tags: Prayers
NSS welcomes decision not to hire chaplain to say council prayers
Posted: Thu, 10 Sep 2020
The NSS has welcomed a decision by the mayor of Swale borough council in Kent not to appoint a civic chaplain to conduct council prayers. Read More »
Calls for parliamentary prayers review after MP compelled to attend
Posted: Wed, 15 Jan 2020
An MP has called for a review of the practice of holding parliamentary prayers after being effectively forced to attend. Read More »
Review prayers in parliament, NSS urges new Commons speaker
Posted: Thu, 02 Jan 2020
The NSS has urged the new speaker of the House of Commons to support a review of the practice of holding prayers in parliament. Read More »
NSS welcomes council in Somerset’s decision to scrap prayers
Posted: Fri, 27 Sep 2019
The NSS has welcomed a decision to scrap official prayers at the start of meetings at a council in Somerset. Read More »
NSS asks council in north Wales to separate prayers from meetings
Posted: Wed, 28 Aug 2019
The NSS has asked councillors in Denbighshire to review their practice of holding prayers before meetings. Read More »
NSS urges councillors in Norfolk to scrap prayers before meetings
Posted: Wed, 17 Jul 2019
The NSS has urged councillors in Norfolk to stop holding prayers before meetings after a councillor tabled a motion to remove them. Read More »
NSS asks equality charity to reconsider support for council prayers
Posted: Thu, 06 Jun 2019
The NSS has asked an equalities charity to reconsider its support for prayers at council meetings after remarks from its chief executive. Read More »
Prayers shouldn’t be part of parliamentary business, say MPs
Posted: Mon, 14 Jan 2019
MPs have called for an end to the practice of holding prayers in parliament in an early day motion backed by the NSS. Read More »
NSS writes to Welsh town council over prayers just before meetings
Posted: Wed, 08 Aug 2018
The NSS has asked the mayor of a Welsh town to ensure prayers are "sufficiently separate" from council meetings and "entirely optional". Read More »
Irish politicians face ejection from the chamber and loss of pay if they don't stand for prayers
Posted: Wed, 03 May 2017
The Irish parliament has approve a requirement mandating TDs remain standing during the prayers that open each Dáil sitting. Read More »
Despite secular constitution, Fiji government won’t rule out prayer at official functions
Posted: Tue, 23 Apr 2013
With Fiji set to become a secular state when the new constitution comes into effect, it has been confirmed that "general prayers acceptable to all" will be said in government organised functions. Read More »
