Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make time-limited provision for vacancies among the Lords Spiritual to be filled by bishops who are women.
Citation	2015 c. 18
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Royal assent	26 March 2015
Commencement	18 May 2015
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It stipulates that whenever a vacancy arises among the Lords Spiritual during the next ten years after the Act comes into force, the position has to be filled by a woman, if there is one who is eligible. It does not apply to the sees of Canterbury, York, London, Durham or Winchester.

The Act was passed shortly after the Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2014 authorised the Church of England to appoint women as bishops.^[1]

The first female bishop to be appointed to the Lords was Rachel Treweek.^[2] Consecrated Bishop of Gloucester on 22 July 2015^[3] and enthroned on 19 September 2015,^[4] she joined the Lords on 7 September 2015 with the full title The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester,^[5] and was introduced to the House by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London on 26 October 2015.^[6] She made her maiden speech on 7 March 2016.^[7]

References

↑ The Measure at legislation.gov.uk (retrieved 28 March 2015)
↑ "Gloucester bishop Rachel Treweek to take seat in Lords". BBC News. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
↑ "Most senior woman bishop consecrated in Canterbury service". BBC News. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
↑ "Rachel Treweek begins role as Bishop of Gloucester". BBC News. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
↑ "Bishop of Gloucester". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
↑ "House of Lords introduction - Bishop Rachel Treweek". The Archbishop of Canterbury. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
↑ "Bishop of Gloucester makes House of Lords gender equality speech". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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