On 9th February 2021, the House of Lord debated the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which a Bishop took part:
Division 1:
The Bishop of St Albans took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Baroness Chakrabarti, insisting that amendment 2 exceptions on criminal conduct authorisations should stand part of the bill.
The amendment was disagreed. Content: 143 / Not Content: 311
The Bishop of St Albans voted Content.
Division 2:
The Bishop of St Albans took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Lord Paddick:
Lord Paddick moved, as an amendment to Motion E, to leave out from “House” to end and insert “do disagree with the Commons in their Amendment 5A and do propose Amendment 5B in lieu—
Leave out lines 27 to 35 and insert—
“(6) If upon notification under subsection (3) a Judicial Commissioner determines that the authorisation should not have been granted—
(a) the person who granted the authorisation must be immediately informed,
(b) the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland must be immediately informed, and
(c) all further activities that will or might be undertaken pursuant to the authorisation are not “lawful for all purposes” under section 27(1).””
The amendment was agreed. Content: 127 / Not Content: 296
The Bishop of St Albans voted Content.
The Church of England in Parliament 
You must be logged in to post a comment.