On 22nd January 2024, the House of Lords debated a motion on whether the government should ratify the UK-Rwanda Asylum partnership. A vote was held on the motion, in which a Bishop took part:
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The Bishop of Gloucester took part in a vote on a motion tabled by Lord Goldsmith:
“Lord Goldsmith moved that this House resolves, in accordance with section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, that His Majesty’s Government should not ratify the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership until the protections it provides have been fully implemented, since Parliament is being asked to make a judgement, based on the Agreement, about whether Rwanda is safe.”
The motion was approved. Content: 214 / Not Content: 171
The Bishop of Gloucester voted Content.
The Church of England in Parliament 
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