Equal Marriage Consultation Debate

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Parliamentary Privilege

Equal Marriage Consultation

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Police (Complaints and Conduct) Bill
Tuesday 11th December 2012

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bishop of Oxford Portrait Lord Harries of Pentregarth
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Is the Minister aware that, notwithstanding the official position of the Church of England on this, a good number of its members warmly welcome the Government’s position on this? Is she aware that privately, a fair number of individual bishops in the Church of England also support it, but are not able to say so publicly at the moment because of the political situation in which the Church of England now finds itself?

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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I am grateful to the noble and right reverend Lord for making those points. I obviously note them, but I leave it to the church to comment on its own position on this matter.

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