Ecclesiastical Committee

The Ecclesiastical Committee is a body created by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 that comprises 30 members of the United Kingdom Parliament. Its purpose is to review Church of England measures submitted to Parliament by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod. The Lord Speaker appoints 15 members from the House of Lords, and the Speaker of the House of Commons appoints 15 MPs to serve on the committee. Members are appointed to serve for the duration of a parliament.

As of 15 October 2014, the membership of the committee is as follows:

House of Commons				House of Lords
MP		Party	Constituency	Lord		Party
	Sir Tony Baldry	Conservative	Banbury		Baroness Butler-Sloss	Crossbencher
	Sir Peter Bottomley	Conservative	Worthing West		Lord Davies of Coity	Labour Co-op
	Ben Bradshaw	Labour	Exeter		Lord Elton	Conservative
	Alistair Burt	Conservative	North East Bedfordshire		Lord Glenarthur	Conservative
	Frank Field	Labour	Birkenhead		Lord Griffiths of Burry Port	Labour
	Helen Goodman	Labour	Bishop Auckland		Baroness Harris of Richmond	Liberal Democrat
	Sir Alan Haselhurst	Conservative	Saffron Walden		Lord Judd	Labour
	Sharon Hodgson	Labour	Washington and Sunderland West		Lord Laming	Crossbencher
	David Lammy	Labour	Tottenham		Lord Lloyd of Berwick (Chair)	Crossbencher
	Gordon Marsden	Labour	Blackpool South		Lord Luke	Conservative
	Sarah Newton	Conservative	Truro and Falmouth		Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall	Labour
	Laura Sandys	Conservative	South Thanet		Baroness Perry of Southwark	Conservative
	Caroline Spelman	Conservative	Meriden		Baron Plant of Highfield	Labour
	Gary Streeter	Conservative	South West Devon		Lord Shaw of Northstead	Conservative
					Lord Walpole	Crossbencher

External links

Ecclesiastical Committee website

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee English Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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