On 5th February 2026, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had previously sat in the House of Lords as Bishop of London, was reintroduced to the House and took her seat on the Bishops Benches:
Hansard records that:
Sarah Elisabeth, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, was introduced and took the oath, supported by the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Peterborough, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.
The Church of England in Parliament 