- Membership
- See also
- References
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The Ecclesiastical Committee is a body created by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 that comprises 30 members of the United Kingdom Parliament. Its purpose is to review Church of England measures submitted to Parliament by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod. 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. Members are appointed to serve for the duration of a parliament. Membership As of 20 March 2019, the membership of the committee is as follows: | House of Commons | | House of Lords | | MP | Party | Constituency | Lord | Party |
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| Sir Peter Bottomley | Conservative | Worthing West | | Baroness Berridge | Conservative | | Ben Bradshaw | Labour | Exeter | | Baroness Butler-Sloss (Chair) | Crossbencher | | Fiona Bruce | Conservative | Congleton | | Earl of Cork and Orrery | Crossbencher | | Frank Field | Independent | Birkenhead | | Lord Cormack | Conservative | | Kevin Foster | Conservative | Torbay | | Lord Elton | Conservative | | Sir Roger Gale | Conservative | North Thanet | | Lord Faulkner of Worcester | Labour | | Helen Goodman | Labour | Bishop Auckland | | Lord Glenarthur | Conservative | | Dominic Grieve | Conservative | Beaconsfield | | Baroness Harris of Richmond | Liberal Democrat | | David Lammy | Labour | Tottenham | | Baroness Howarth of Breckland | Crossbencher | | Rachael Maskell | Labour Co-op | York Central | | Lord Judd | Labour | | Jonathan Reynolds | Labour Co-op | Stalybridge and Hyde | | Lord Lexden | Conservative | | Gavin Robinson | Democratic Unionist | Belfast East | | Lord Lisvane | Crossbencher | | Dame Caroline Spelman | Conservative | Meriden | | Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | Labour | | Sir Desmond Swayne | Conservative | New Forest West | | Baron Plant of Highfield | Labour |
See also - Joint Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom
References External links- Ecclesiastical Committee website
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