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15 Jul
2008

Bishops would stay in Lords under Government proposals

Plans for a wholly or mainly elected House of Lords have been shelved until after the next general election, Jack Straw announced yesterday, but bishops would remain in a reformed Second Chamber if it is not wholly elected.
15 Jul
2008

Time to remove Bishops from the House of Lords

Following the announcement by Jack Straw yesterday that should a reformed House of Lords contain an appointed element, the Government would maintain the place of bishops in it, Jonathan Bartley, co
7 Mar
2008

Banishing the bishops, New Statesman, 7 March 2008

The church’s strategy is now clear – that if it is to have a hope of maintaining its privileges, it must try to get them extended to other religions too, says Jonathan Bartley
17 Feb
2008

Removing Bishops from the Lords, Sunday Programme, BBC Radio 4, 17th February 2008

Jonathan Bartley discusses the removal of bishops from the House of Lords with James Jones the bishop of Liverpool, and argues for their removal.
25 Apr
2007

The morality of the state, the ethics of bishops

I see that the Archbishop of Canterbury devoted an entire lecture last night to the morality and ethics of the state.
8 Mar
2007

MPs vote to remove bishops and other appointees from House of Lords

The Government is considering its next move today, after MPs indicated their support for a wholly elected House of Lords.
12 Feb
2007

Report on bishops in Lords fails to address justice and equality

A report launched yesterday by the thinktank 'Theos', which argues for the retention of Bishops in a reformed House of Lords, has been criticised by humanists and Christians as failing to address issues of ethics, justice and equality.
1 Feb
2007

House of Lords reform raises question about Church of England bishops

The automatic presence of 26 Church of England bishops in the unelected second chamber of parliament has been raised again, in light of the UK government's deliberations about House of Lords reform.
31 Jul
2005

The Lords Spiritual - The Westminster Hour BBC Radio 4, 31st July 2005

Ekklesia director Jonathan Bartley argues for removal of bishops from the House of Lords, during Andrew Bro
4 May
2004

Leading Methodist appointed as Labour peer

Downing Street has announced that an ex-President of the Methodist Conference is to be made a working peer in the House of Lords.

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