{"id":133563,"date":"2024-12-19T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=133563"},"modified":"2024-12-19T17:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:40:40","slug":"church-times-fresh-demands-to-remove-bishops-from-the-house-of-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=133563","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Fresh demands to remove\u00a0bishops from the House of Lords"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diocesan bishops are facing fresh demands for the abolition of their seats in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/house-of-lords\">House of Lords<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/parliament\">Parliament<\/a>&nbsp;is considering new legislation to end the centuries-old presence of hereditary peers, and is questioning the presence of the Lords Spiritual (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2024\/1-november\/news\/uk\/bishops-seek-talks-over-left-field-proposal-to-abolish-the-lords-spiritual\">News, 1 November<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Second Reading of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, debated over two sessions last week, Baroness Smith of Basildon, the Leader of the House, said: \u201cThe intention is crystal clear: to end the hereditary element of the second Chamber before embarking on further changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On behalf of the Government, she explained how the proposed legislation had been part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/labour-party\">Labour<\/a>&nbsp;election manifesto this year, and described the proposals to remove the 92 hereditary peers who currently sit as \u201ca reasonable and well-trailed piece of legislation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2024\/20-december\/news\/uk\/fresh-demands-to-remove-bishops-from-the-house-of-lords\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Diocesan bishops are facing fresh demands for the abolition of their seats in the House of Lords. Parliament is considering new legislation to end the centuries-old presence of hereditary peers, and is questioning the presence of the Lords Spiritual <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RfyHB0jAHO\">https:\/\/t.co\/RfyHB0jAHO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Aa5WU00tEE\">pic.twitter.com\/Aa5WU00tEE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Church Times (@ChurchTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchTimes\/status\/1869677337605791998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diocesan bishops are facing fresh demands for the abolition of their seats in the&nbsp;House of Lords.&nbsp;Parliament&nbsp;is considering new legislation to end the centuries-old presence of hereditary peers, and is questioning the presence of the Lords Spiritual (News, 1 November). 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