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. Bishops call for respect on all sides amid Brexit debate

    27/09/2019

    NEWS / The bishops of the Church of England have issued a call for respect on all sides amid growing acrimony over the debate on Britain’s withdrawal from the EU.

  6. 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.

  7. Coronavirus, the housing crisis and Newham

    01/06/2020

    The housing crisis is being exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Stephen Timms, MP for East Ham, told the Archbishop of Canterbury's Housing Commission about the issues his constituents are facing.

  8. Dame Caroline Spelman

    05/09/2019

    NEWS / The Archbishop of Canterbury has led thanks to Dame Caroline Spelman for her service as Second Church Estates Commissioner

  9. 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.

  10. Housing Commission's Vice-Chair signs open letter on rough sleeping

    04/06/2020

    The vice-chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Housing Commission, the Right Revd Dr Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington, has joined other London bishops in writing an open letter on rough sleeping to the Housing Secretary.