On 3rd February 2026, the House of Lords debated the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which Bishops took part:
Division 1:
The Bishop of Gloucester and the Bishop of Manchester took part in a vote on an amendment tabled by Baroness Barran which would seek “to limit the circumstances in which the schools adjudicator may direct a maintained school or academy to reduce its published admission number and requires the adjudicator to consider alternative school organisation measures (including amalgamation or closure) before constraining the intake of popular or high quality schools.”
The amendment was agreed. Content: 295 / Not Content: 180
The Bishop of Gloucester and the Bishop of Manchester voted Content.
The Church of England in Parliament 
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