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February to May 2024

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2024

Frank Cranmer  and
Simon Stanley
Frank Cranmer*
Affiliation:
Fellow, St Chad's College, Durham, UK Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Simon Stanley
Affiliation:
Deputy Head of Parliamentary Affairs for the Church of England and Church Commissioners
*
Corresponding author: Frank Cranmer; Email: frank.cranmer@centrallobby.com
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On 22 May, standing outside the door of No. 10 in pouring rain (and for some unfathomable reason sans umbrella), the Prime Minister announced that there would be a General Election on 4 July and Parliament was duly prorogued on 24 May and dissolved on 30 May. Before that, however, there was a flurry of legislative business by agreement between the two front benches.

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Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 2024 , pp. 322 - 328
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References

1 Government Amendments can be seen here: <criminal_rm_rep_0509.pdf (parliament.uk)>, accessed 18 May 2024.

2 <https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-04/0191/230191.pdf>, accessed 18 May 2024.

3 The second reading remarks and committee speech from the Bishop of Manchester are available here:

Second Reading: <https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-03-27/debates/6E0E6D44-1FA4-4CC3-9C26-6FBE5C9C9820/details#contribution-4A89D423-13B1-4D21-88E4-115F9233BF06>, Committee: <https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-04-24/debates/41AEEEFB-9040-4CA9-B946-4EA0AC7EA189/details#contribution-1694EA6E-6514-4D57-A040-4FADBFF08841>, accessed 18 May 2024.

4 HC Deb (2023-24) 7 February 2024, vol 745, col 244.

5 Church of England, ‘Statement: In Response to Prime Minister's Questions’, available at <https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/statement-response-prime-ministers-questions>, accessed 18 May 2024.

6 House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, ‘Oral evidence: Asylum decision-making and conversion to Christianity’ HC 595, available at <https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14460/pdf/>, accessed 18 May 2024.

7 Home Affairs Select Committee: Written evidence from the Archdeacon of Auckland regarding claims by Matthew Firth, available at <committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/129733/pdf/>, accessed 18 May 2024.

8 Supplemental evidence from the Minister of State for Legal Migration regarding the Faith Leaders Working Group, <committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/129621/pdf/>, accessed 18 May 2024.

9 Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, Guidance: New Definition of Extremism (2024), available at <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-definition-of-extremism-2024/new-definition-of-extremism-2024>, accessed 18 May 2024.

10 Church of England, ‘Joint Statement: Archbishops warns [sic] Government over new extremism definition’, available at <https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/joint-statement-archbishops-warns-government-over-new-extremism-definition>, accessed 18 May 2024.

11 Full text in K Stacey, ‘Three Tory ex-home secretaries warn against politicising anti-extremism’ (The Guardian, 10 March 2024).

12 Prime Minister's Office, ‘The King's Speech: Background Briefing Notes’ 7 November 2023), 72, available at <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/654a21952f045e001214dcd7/The_King_s_Speech_background_briefing_notes.pdf>, accessed 18 May 2024.

13 Available at:<https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charities-act-2022-guidance-for-charities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=361e0fd4-24fe-45ad-8640-d0f9cf3a53c2&utm_content=daily>, accessed 18 May 2024.

14 <https://consult.education.gov.uk/faith-schools-policy-team/faith-school-designation-reforms/consultation/subpage.2024-04-17.9025937805/>, accessed 18 May 2024.

15 Available at <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66101d79c4c84d00113469f8/Reforming_the_Law_of_Apologies_in_Civil_Proceedings_in_England_and_Wales_consultation__web_.pdf>, accessed 18 May 2024.

16 <https://legislation.gov.im/cms/images/LEGISLATION/BILLS/2023/2023-0009/2023-0009.pdf>, accessed 18 May 2024.

17 A Blake, ‘Public divided over removing bishop's Tynwald vote’ (BBC News, 15 March 2024).

18 For a helpful explanation of the procedural options for further progress on the Bill, see P Edge, ‘Isle of Man: Bishop's vote Bill to go to Legislative Council’ (Law & Religion UK, 24 May 2024),

<https://lawandreligionuk.com/2024/05/24/isle-of-man-bishops-vote-bill-to-go-to-legislative-council/>, accessed 24 May 2024.