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Ecclesiastical Committee

The Ecclesiastical Committee is a statutory Committee appointed under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919.

It comprises thirty members, fifteen of whom are Members of the House of Commons, appointed by the Speaker, and fifteen of whom are members of the House of Lords, appointed by the Lord Speaker. The quorum is twelve.

Appointments to the Committee are generally made early in a Parliament. Unless the Speaker or the Lord Speaker decide otherwise, members appointed by them remain on the Committee for the life of the Parliament.

While its powers are those laid down by the Act, the procedures it has adopted are those of a Joint Select Committee.

Current membership

HOUSE OF LORDS	HOUSE OF COMMONS
Baroness Butler-Sloss	Fleur Anderson MP
The Earl of Cork and Orrery	Sir Peter Bottomley MP
Lord Cormack	Mr Ben Bradshaw MP
Baroness Eaton	Fiona Bruce MP
Lord Faulkner of Worcester	Dr Lisa Cameron MP
Lord Field of Birkenhead	Miriam Cates MP
Lord Glenarthur	Sir Roger Gale MP
Baroness Harris of Richmond	Mr David Lammy MP
Baroness Howarth of Breckland	Rachael Maskell MP
Lord Jones	Gary Sambrook MP
Lord Lexden	Andrew Selous MP
Lord Lisvane	Jim Shannon MP
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall	Sir Desmond Swayne MP
Lord Plant of Highfield	Stephen Timms MP
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean	Martin Vickers MP

Remit

The Ecclesiastical Committee examines draft Measures presented to it by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod of the Church of England. It reports to Parliament on whether or not it considers the measures to be expedient.

It generally asks members of the General Synod to assist it in its deliberations. In some circumstances a conference of the Ecclesiastical Committee and the Legislative Committee may be convened.

The Church of England Measure on which the Committee has reported is presented to both Houses in its final form at the same time as the Committee makes its report.

Before the Measure becomes law, both Houses must approve motions that the Measure should be presented to the Sovereign for Royal Assent in the form that it was laid before Parliament.

Once both Houses have passed the necessary approval motions, the Measure is presented for Royal Assent and becomes law.

Publications

The reports and proceedings of the Committee are published by Order of both Houses. All publications of the Committee are on the Internet at
http://www.parliament.uk/ecclesiastical-committee

Contacts

All correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary of the Ecclesiastical Committee, Legislation Office, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 3103, and the email address is ecccttee@parliament.uk

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