Support the campaign of the National and Leicester Secular Societies. End the archaic, unfair and undemocratic bishops’ bench in the House of Lords. CAMPAIGN ALERT! Support the Hereditary Peers Bill amendment! Gavin Williamson MP has tabled an amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which would remove the automatic seats for bishops in the Lords. We need your help - ask your MP to support the amendment. Twenty-six Anglican bishops are given seats as of right in the House of Lords. This is unfair, undemocratic and undesirable. It's time to abolish the bishops' bench. Two archbishops and 24 bishops of the Church of England currently have automatic seats in the House of Lords. They are sometimes known as 'the lords spiritual'. We campaign for a secular upper house with no specific religious representation, whether of Christian denominations or any other faiths. In a secular state no religion or its leaders should have a privileged role...
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