Religion and Belief: British Public Life — Motion to Take Note

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 1:16 pm on 27 November 2014.

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Photo of Lord Dubs Lord Dubs Labour 1:16, 27 November 2014

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for making this debate possible, and I am delighted to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich. I agree with a lot of what he said, but I think he would be dismayed if I agreed with everything—he knows that I will not.

Without wishing to add an element of levity, if I had to set a pub quiz question it would be: apart from the House of Lords, in which legislature in the world is a block of seats reserved for members of a religion? Any takers?