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(BBC) Women bishops to be fast-tracked into the House of Lords
Women bishops would be fast-tracked into the House of Lords, under government proposals set out… [yesterday].
Ministers want to change the law to allow female bishops to take up the “spiritual” seats in the Lords, when they become available.
Usually they are allocated to the most senior or longest-serving bishops.
On Wednesday, Reverend Libby Lane was announced as the first female bishop for the Church of England – a month after a historic change to canon law.
The general synod voted to back plans for female bishops in July and formally adopted legislation on 17 November.
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