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Proceeding contribution from Lord Elton (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 13 January 2010. It occurred during Legislative debate on Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure.


Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure

Your Lordships should not have an exaggerated idea of the ferocity of the controversy which took place in the Ecclesiastical Committee. I rise merely to support this Measure with enthusiasm, particularly as regards the discarding of the most unfortunate practice of appointing people to lose a race, which seems to be what we were doing over the last few centuries.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c572 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Clergy Church of England Bishops Ecclesiastical law Recruitment Public appointments Vacancies
Legislation
Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk