Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 64002
Church of Ireland: Bishops
Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025
Question
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK — Romford
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will reintroduce Lords Spiritual from the Church of Ireland to the House of Lords.
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsBishops of the Church of Ireland previously sat in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual, from the coming into force of the Union with Ireland Act 1800 until the disestablishment of the Church in 1871. Given the Church of Ireland is no longer part of the ...
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