Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 7 May 2009.
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for keeping the question of women bishops in the public limelight, and certainly in the limelight of the House of Commons. As I have said many times:
"The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all."
The Synod is making progress on this issue and, while it might be a matter of regret that the House will not be able to vote on the concept of women bishops in this Parliament, I am sure the matter will come before the next Parliament.