Ecclesiastical Committee

The Ecclesiastical Committee is a statutory joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 to review Church of England measures submitted to Parliament by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod.

It comprises 30 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Lord Speaker appoints 15 members from the House of Lords, and the Speaker of the House of Commons appoints 15 MPs to serve on the committee.[1] Members are appointed to serve for the duration of a parliament.

Membership

The current membership of the committee is as follows:[2]

House of Commons       House of Lords
MP Party Constituency Peer Party
Fleur Anderson Labour Putney Baroness Butler-Sloss0(Chair) Crossbench
Sir Peter Bottomley Conservative Worthing West Earl of Cork and Orrery Crossbench
Sir Ben Bradshaw Labour Exeter Lord Dannatt Crossbench
Fiona Bruce Conservative Congleton Baroness Eaton Conservative
Lisa Cameron Conservative East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Lord Faulkner of Worcester Labour
Miriam Cates Conservative Penistone and Stocksbridge Lord Field of Birkenhead Crossbench
Sir Roger Gale Conservative North Thanet Lord Glenarthur Conservative
David Lammy Labour Tottenham Baroness Harris of Richmond Liberal Democrat
Rachael Maskell Labour Co-op York Central Lord Jones Labour
Gary Sambrook Conservative Birmingham Northfield Lord Lisvane Crossbench
Andrew Selous Conservative South West Bedfordshire Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Labour
Jim Shannon Democratic Unionist Strangford Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede Labour
Sir Desmond Swayne Conservative New Forest West Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Labour
Stephen Timms Labour East Ham Lord Taylor of Holbeach Conservative
Martin Vickers Conservative Cleethorpes

Lord Cormack ( Conservative) was a member of the committee until his death in February 2024.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ecclesiastical Committee - Role". Parliament.UK. Retrieved 5 March 2021. The Committee is chaired by Baroness Butler-Sloss and has 30 members. 15 members are MPs appointed by Mr. Speaker and 15 members of the House of Lords appointed by the Lord Speaker.
  2. ^ "Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) − membership". committees.parliament.uk.

External links

  • Ecclesiastical Committee website
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