APPOINTMENT OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN SENTAMU AS ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

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That this House congratulates the Bishop of Birmingham, the Right Reverend John Sentamu, on his appointment as the new Archbishop of York; welcomes the decision that means the Bishop has become the Church of England's first archbishop from an ethnic minority background; acknowledges the Bishop's commitment to the cases of Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor; and wishes the Bishop every success when he takes up his new role in the autumn.