MORNING WORSHIP

WOMEN IN THE EPISCOPATE: DRAFT BISHOPS AND PRIESTS (CONSECRATION AND ORDINATION OF WOMEN) MEASURE AND DRAFT AMENDING CANON No 30: REVISION STAGE continued...

The texts of all the amendments referred to below are available here.

Item 518

A member of the Steering Committee moved that clause 2 should stand part of the Measure. Following debate, Synod approved that clause 2 should so stand.

Amendment 519

Professor Anthony Berry (Chester) moved Amendment 519, but without forty people standing to support the debate, the amendment fell.

Amendment 520

Mr Gerald O'Brien (Rochester) moved Amendment 520, which following debate was not carried by the Synod.

Amendment 521

The Revd Hugh Lee (Oxford) moved Amendment 521, but without forty people standing to support the debate, the amendment fell.

Amendment 522

The Revd Peter Hobson (Leicester) moved Amendment 522, which following debate was not carried by the Synod.

Amendment 523

Mr Clive Scowen (London) moved Amendment 523, which following debate was carried by the Synod.

Amendment 525

The Revd Paul Benfield (Blackburn) moved Amendment 525. Following debate and a division by houses, the Synod voted as follows:

                      Bishops      Clergy      Laity

In favour         2              35             83

Against            34             136           104

Abstentions      3                8                7

The amendment was therefore not carried.

Amendment 527

Dr Brian Walker (Winchester) moved Amendment 527, which following debate was carried by the Synod.

Item 528

A member of the Steering Committee moved that clause 3 should stand part of the Measure. Synod approved that clause 3 should so stand.

Item 529

A member of the Steering Committee moved that clause 4 should stand part of the Measure. Synod approved that clause 4 should so stand.

Item 532

A member of the Steering Committee moved that clause 5 should stand part of the Measure. Synod approved that clause 5 should so stand.

Item 533

A member of the Steering Committee moved that clause 6 should stand part of the Measure. Synod approved that clause 6 should so stand.

Item 534

A member of the Steering Committee moved that clause 7 should stand part of the Measure. Following debate, Synod approved that clause 7 should so stand.

Audio of session

The debate continued in the afternoon.

These brief summaries are offered primarily for reference while the General Synod is in session. The formal record of the Synod's business at each sitting during the July 2010 group of sessions can be found in the 'Business Done' (once available here, a few days after the Synod concludes its business), which includes details of unsuccessful amendments to motions and other significant information offering a fuller picture of the Synod's business.