Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 7 August 2024.
Lord Scriven
Liberal Democrat
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include the rights of Church of England Bishops to sit in the House of Lords in their public consultation on the reform of the Lords.
Baroness Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Measures to modernise the constitution were announced in the King’s Speech, including legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. This will be the first step in wider reform to the second chamber, as set out in the manifesto.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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