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Remove the Bishops from the House of Lords.

Submitted on Friday 5th August 2011

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Remove the Bishops from the House of Lords.

Additional Information

In the House of Lords, 26 bishops have an automatic right to seats. The UK is the only democracy to give religious representatives seats in its legislature as of right. In a reformed second chamber, special religious representation should neither be retained nor extended to additional faith groups.


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