Question follow-through · 109480

House of Lords: Bishops

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the (a) role and (b) voting rights of bishops in the House of Lords.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the (a) role and (b) voting rights of bishops in the House of Lords.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    There are no plans to review the role and voting rights of the Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords. The Government has set out an ambitious programme of House of Lords reform in its manifesto, including a commitment to replace the House of Lords with an...

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