LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

DRAFT CHURCH OF ENGLAND MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) MEASURE - DRAFT MEASURE FOR REVISION (FIRST CONSIDERATION AT THE NOVEMBER 2010 GROUPS OF SESSIONS)

Report by the Revision Committee

The Chair of the Revision Committee, Mr Clive Scowen (London), moved:

'That the Synod do take note of this Report.'

The motion was carried.

Following debate, an amendment listed as item 508 on Order Paper II was moved by the Revd Christian Selvaratnum (York) regarding Clause 1 that was not supported by the Steering Commitee. Synod chose to continue debating the amendment but it was lost. Synod voted for Clause 1 to stand as part of the Measure.

The Revd Canon Simon Killwick (Manchester) moved amendment listed as item 510 on Order Paper II regarding Clause 2. It was not supported by the Steering Committee. Synod chose to continue debating the amendment and it was carried. Synod voted for Clause 2 to stand as amended as part of the Measure.

Synod voted for Clause 3 and the Long Title to stand as part of the Measure.

The Chair of the Steering Committee, the Rt Worshipful Timothy Briden, Vicar General of the Province of Canterbury (ex officio), then moved, subject to the provisions of SO 61(b):

'That the Measure entitled "Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure" be finally approved.'

The motion was carried.

THE PAYMENTS TO THE CHURCHES CONSERVATION TRUST ORDER
2011

Order made under section 53 of the Pastoral Measure 1983.

The Bishop of London moved:

'That the Payments to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2011 be
approved.'

Following debate, the motion was clearly carried.

PAROCHIAL FEES ORDER 2011

Order made under the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986

The Bishop of Rochester moved:

'That the Parochial Fees Order 2011 be considered.'

Following debate, a call was made for an adjournment of the debate that was clearly lost.

Following a division of Synod, the motion was lost (134 in favour, 166 against, 18 recorded abstentions).

THE REORGANISATION SCHEMES (COMPENSATION) RULES 2011

Rules made under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007

Professor Michael Clarke (Worcester), Chair of the Dioceses Commission, moved:

'That the Reorganisation Schemes (Compensation) Rules 2011 be considered.' 

Following debate, the motion was carried.

Professor Michael Clarke (Worcester), Chair of the Dioceses Commission, moved an amendment listed as item 539 on Order Paper II, which was carried.

Professor Michael Clarke (Worcester), Chair of the Dioceses Commission, then moved:

'That the Reorganisation Schemes (Compensation) Rules 2011 be approved.' 

The motion as amended was clearly carried.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FUNDED PENSIONS SCHEME (SODOR
AND MAN) (AMENDMENT) RULES 2011

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PENSIONS (SODOR AND MAN)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2011

Rules made under the Pensions Measure 1997

Regulations made under the Clergy Pensions (Amendment) Measure
1972

Dr Jonathan Spencer (Chair of the Church of England Pensions Board) (ex officio) moved:

'That the Church of England Funded Pensions Scheme (Sodor and Man)
(Amendment) Rules 2011 be approved.'

'That the Church of England Pensions Scheme (Sodor and Man)
(Amendment) Regulations 2011 be approved.'

Both motions were clearly carried.

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PRIVATE MEMBERS' MOTIONS

MISSION ACTION PLANNING IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

The Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham (the Rt Revd Paul Butler) moved:

'That this Synod

(a)               recognise the urgent missionary task facing the Church of England to reverse decades of numerical decline and make new disciples for Jesus Christ in every community in our land;

(b)                affirm the experience of a remarkable and growing number of parishes that find mission action planning to be a strategic tool which helps them grow in faith, numbers and in service to the community; and

(c)                call on the Archbishops' Council to work with the central structures of the Church of England to produce a national mission action plan that will support the parishes in growing the number of worshipping Anglicans, enabling them to grow in faith.'

The Revd Dr Philip Plyming (Guildford) moved as an amendment:

'After paragraph (a) insert as a new paragraph -

"(  ) welcome the priority given to facilitating church growth in Challenges for the New Quinquennium (GS 1815) and Challenges for the New Quinquennium - Next Steps (GS Misc 995);".'

The amendment was clearly carried.

Dr Philip Giddings (Oxford) moved as an amendment:

Leave out paragraph (c) and insert -

"(c)  call on the Archbishops' Council and the House of Bishops to report regularly to the Synod in this quinquennium on the steps they are taking, in the light of GS 1815, to support parishes and dioceses in pursuing spiritual and numerical growth.".

The amendment was lost.

The Revd Dr Philip Plyming (Guildford) moved as an amendment:

'Leave out paragraph (c) and insert -

"(c) call on the Archbishops' Council to work with the House of Bishops to develop the priorities identified in Challenges for the New Quinquennium (GS 1815) and further outlined in Challenges for the New Quinquennium - Next Steps (GS Misc 995) into a national mission strategy that will support dioceses, deaneries and parishes in their own church growth and mission planning.".'

The amendment was clearly carried.

Following a division of Synod, the motion as amended was carried (333 for, 9 against, 11 recorded abstentions).

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