Women Bishops

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 21 November 2013.

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Photo of David Winnick David Winnick Labour, Walsall North 9:30, 21 November 2013

After the disappointment of last year, this is indeed welcome news. Perhaps those members of the clergy who still have reservations—I hope that they are few in number—should come to the House of Commons and see the exhibition in the Admission Order corridor showing the struggle that women had to get the vote and the right to be elected to the House. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, now that the Church of England is taking this welcome step, other religions and faiths that discriminate against women—I could list them, but I will not—should follow the same path?