Ecclesiastical Committee consider two draft Measures
13 November 2015
The Ecclesiastical Committee will consider the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure and the Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure.
- Parliament TV: Watch the Ecclesiastical Committee meeting
- Corrected transcript of the Ecclesiastical Committee meeting (pdf, 183KB)
- Ecclesiastical Committee 235th Report
- Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure: Comments and Explanations (pdf, 359KB)
- Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure: Comments and Explanations
Witnesses
Tuesday 17 November , Committee Room 3, Westminster Palace
The proceedings of the meeting, shortly after 3.30pm, will be as follows:
- Consideration of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure with representatives of the General Synod [public]
- Consideration of Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure with representatives of the General Synod [public]
- Deliberation [private]
The following representatives of the General Synod will assist the Committee:
- The Right Reverend Paul Butler, Lord Bishop of Durham (Lead Bishop for Safeguarding; Chair of the Revision Committee for the Measure)
- The Venerable Annette Cooper, Archdeacon of Colchester (Member of the Revision Committee for the Measure)
- Geoffrey Tattersall QC (Chair of the Steering Committee for the Measure)
- William Fittall (Secretary General of the Archbishops' Council)
- Adrian Iles (Designated Officer under the Clergy Discipline Measure; Legal Adviser for the Measure)
- John Booth (Chair of the Steering Committee for the Measure)
- William Fittall (Secretary General of the Archbishops' Council)
- Saira Salimi (Deputy Official Solicitor to the Church Commissioners; Legal Adviser for the Measure)
Further information
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