Parliament related articles

  1. Bishop and MP welcome marriage registration changes by Parliament

    27/03/2019

    COMMENT / The Bishop of St Albans together with Dame Caroline Spelman MP have welcomed changes made by parliament to allow for mothers' names to be included on marriage certificates.

  2. Bishop responds to report from the House of Lords Rural Economy Committee

    27/04/2019

    COMMENT / The Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith, has today responded to the publication of the report from the House of Lords Rural Economy Committee.

  3. Bishop Welcomes Universal Credit Announcement

    11/01/2019

    STATEMENT / Bishop of Durham comments on changes to Universal Credit announced by Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd

  4. Bishop's Bill calls on MPs to add mothers to marriage certificates

    24/07/2018

    NEWS / House of Lords passes Bill from Bishop of St Albans to end exclusions of mothers’ names from marriage certificates.

  5. Bishop’s bill to put mothers' names on marriage certificates passes first stage

    26/01/2018

    NEWS / A move to end the “historic injustice” of excluding mothers’ names from marriage certificates has passed its first parliamentary stage in a Private Member's Bill brought by the Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith.

  6. General Synod to debate call for reconciliation for divided nation

    25/01/2019

    NEWS / Political leaders should draw on Christian hope and reconciliation to help steer the country through a time of divisions, according to a Synod motion tabled by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

  7. Prime Minister Theresa May

    24/05/2019

    NEWS / A statement following the announcement of Theresa May’s plans to stand down, from the Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Rev David Urquhart, Convenor of the Lords Spiritual.

  8. Rose Hudson-Wilkin named as next Bishop of Dover

    28/06/2019

    NEWS / Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons to be the next Bishop of Dover, Downing Street announces.