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.
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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
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 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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