On 5th February 2026, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Rt Revd Dr Joanne Grenfell, was introduced to the House of Lords and took her seat on the Bishops’ Benches:
Hansard records that:
Joanne Woolway, Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 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 