Submitted on Friday 8th November 2024
Rejected on Friday 29th November 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Remove Bishops from the House of Lords
There is currently a Bill progressing through Parliament which seeks to remove the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords, however, whilst we agree with this, we believe that the Bill should also remove the Bishops from the House of Lords.
We agree that there should be no automatic place for any person in the legislature. Removing this principle in relation to the hereditary peers is a step in the right direction. It however leaves the anomaly where bishops would automatically have a right to a seat in the House of Lords and nobody else would. There are other religious (and no belief) people which have a major makeup in the UK. No religion should have any space reserved in Parliament. The bishops have become politicians.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Remove the automatic right of bishops to sit in the House of Lords
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700563
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