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Committees

PRINCIPAL COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL SYNOD

Appointments Committee
Business Committee
Legislative Committee
Standing Orders Committee

Appointments Committee

There is provision for the establishment of the Appointments Committee both in the National Institutions Measure 1998 and in the Standing Orders of the General Synod (SO 116). It is, therefore, a Committee both of the Archbishops' Council and the General Synod and it is responsible for making such appointments and/or recommendations on appointments to synodical and other bodies as the Synod or the Archbishops' Council require. Details of forthcoming agendas and recent appointments by the Committee are available online.

Appointments include:

appointments to synodical bodies, such as legislative steering or revision committees, the Standing Orders Committee etc
appointments to Boards, Councils and Committees of the Archbishops' Council
representatives of the Synod on the governing bodies of theological training institutions
representatives of the Synod on the governing bodies of mission agencies (Partnership for World Mission)
representatives of the Church of England at ecumenical conferences
representatives of the Church of England at the governing assemblies of other denominations

Members

Chair
Revd Prebendary David Houlding

Elected by the House of Bishops
Rt Revd Richard Frith, Bishop of Hull

Elected by the House of Clergy
John Applegate
Annette Cooper
Giles Goddard

Elected by the House of Laity
Susan Cooper
Sarah Finch
Aiden Hargreaves-Smith

Appointed by the Archbishops' Council
Prof John Craven
Dr Philip Giddings
Ven Christine Hardman
The Revd Canon Glyn Webster

Secretary
Nicholas Hills
020 7898 1363

Business Committee
(Standing Order 115)

The Committee is responsible for organizing the business of the Synod, enabling it to fulfil its role as a legislative and deliberative body.

Appointed Members
Mark Ireland (Archbishops' Council)
Christina Rees (Archbishops' Council)

Elected Members
Revd Susan Booys (Oxford)
Revd Simon Butler (York)
Anne Foreman (Peterborough)
Ven Julian Henderson (Archdeacon of Dorking)

Sue Johns (Norwich)
Gerry O'Brien (Rochester)

Secretary Dr Colin Podmore (Clerk to the Synod)
020 7898 1385

Legislative Committee
(Standing Order 114)

The Legislative Committee is a statutory committee, required by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 and the Constitution of the General Synod. It acts in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the 1919 Act in, inter alia, submitting Measures to Parliament for approval once they have received final approval by the General Synod.

Ex officio Members
Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury) (Joint Chair)
Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu (Archbishop of York) (Joint Chair)
Ven Christine Hardman (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury)
Revd Canon Glyn Webster (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York)
Dr Philip Giddings (Chair of the House of Laity)
Tim Hind (Vice-Chair of the House of Laity)
Charles George QC (Dean of the Arches and Auditor)
Mr Tony Baldry MP (Second Church Estates Commissioner)

Elected Members
Canon Peter Bruinvels (Deputy Chair)
Revd Canon David Felix
Rt Revd James Langstaff (Bishop of Rochester)
Clive Scowen
Mark Steadman
Geoffrey Tattersall QC

Secretary Stephen Slack

Administrative Secretary Sarah Clemenson
Legal Office, Church House, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3AZ
020 7898 1371

Standing Orders Committee
(Standing Order 117)

The Committee keeps under review the procedures and Standing Orders of the General Synod. Membership is subject to alteration following General Synod elections in 2010.

Chair Geoffrey Tattersall QC

Ex officio Members
Ven Christine Hardman (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury)
Revd Canon Glyn Webster (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York)
Dr Philip Giddings (Chair of the House of Laity)
Tim Hind (Vice-Chair of the House of Laity)

Appointed Members
Revd Susan Booys
Revd Canon Simon Killwick
Clive Scowen

Secretary Sarah Clemenson
Legal Office, Church House, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3AZ
020 7898 1371

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