The Lords Spiritual are the bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Up to 26 of the 42 diocesan bishops and...

any longer. The House of Lords also includes up to 26 archbishops and bishops of the Church of England, known as Lords Spiritual. Since 2014, membership...

Man). Under the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015, female bishops take precedence over men until May 2025 to become new Lords Spiritual for the 21 seats...

prime minister, plus up to 92 hereditary peers. The less numerous Lords Spiritual consist of up to 26 bishops of the Church of England. Before the establishment...

members from the Lords Spiritual, who sit in the House as a consequence of being bishops in the Church of England. Membership in the Lords Temporal was once...

spokesperson bishops for the Church of England and/or as Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords. As there are 42 dioceses of the Church of England, there...

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before the House of Lords Act 1999. The Lords Spiritual (twenty-six bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords) are also introduced...

the House of Lords, of whom 25 were senior Church of England bishops, whose representation in the House is governed by the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act...

avidyā ("ignorance") Lords Spiritual, the bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Spiritual Baptist, a Afro-American...

right to sit in the House of Lords subject to keeping to certain constitutional conventions incumbent on Lords Spiritual requiring them to speak in an...

The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (c. 18) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It states that whenever a vacancy arises among the Lords Spiritual...

or more. The Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 regulates the procedure for women bishops to enter the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. It stipulates...

occasions: Parliament robes, worn on ceremonial occasions in the House of Lords, and Coronation robes, worn at coronations of monarchs. Peers wear a robe...

hereditary peers were able to sit in the Lords from 1963. Female Church of England bishops have been sitting as Lords Spiritual since 2015, although abbesses had...

favour of a unicameral Parliament. The House of Lords is composed of two major groups: the Lords Spiritual (who in modern times are the archbishops and some...

House. For the first time, the Lords Temporal were more numerous than the Lords Spiritual. Currently, the Lords Spiritual consist of the Archbishops of...

the Register of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, a document maintained by the Clerk of the Parliaments. The Register of Lords Spiritual and Temporal was...

to the crossbench group, nor are they Lords Spiritual (active Church of England bishops). Formerly, the law lords were also a separate affiliation, but...

the reformed House of Lords. The House would have to be composed of elected members, appointed members, bishops (Lords Spiritual), as well as up to eight...

all." (The three estates of the parliament of Britain were: the Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal and the Commons.) If Burke made the statement Carlyle...

Derby Cathedral on 25 May 2019. She was introduced as a Lord Spiritual at the House of Lords by the Archbishop of Canterbury (Justin Welby) and the former...

hereditary peers) may sit in the House of Lords as the Lords Temporal. They sit alongside the Lords Spiritual, who are not peers, but bishops of the Church...

estate lines, being composed of the "Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons". The tradition where the Lords Spiritual and Temporal sat separately from...

1963) is an English Anglican bishop who sits in the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual. Since June 2015, she has served as Bishop of Gloucester, the...

in the House of Lords Act 1999. The house consists of two very different types of member, the Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual. Lords Temporal include...

Disqualification Act. The groups disqualified from all constituencies are: Lords Spiritual judges civil servants serving regular members of the armed forces,...

British House of Lords (apart from the 26 Lords Spiritual who are expected to retire at the age of 70) have lifetime tenure (although Lords can choose to...

of Lords, which is an abbreviation of the full title, "The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled". The Lords Temporal...

to assemble, and requiring the issuing of writs of summons to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and writs of election for the members of the House of...