In this episode, Emma Park was joined by the National Secular Society’s Stephen Evans, to discuss the 2020 Bradlaugh Lecture and the case for disestablishing the Church of England.
Full show notes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2020/11/ep38
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Is it time to remove Church of England bishops’ automatic right to sit in the House of Lords? Liberal Democrat peer Dick Taverne is introducing a private members’ bill – drafted with the NSS’s assistance – to do just that.
Emma Park travels to Westminster to interview Dick about why it’s time to abolish the bishops’ bench and reform the Lords, why constitutional reforms can take such a long time, and why the UK is still not a secular country.
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Peer proposes bill to abolish bishops’ bench in House of Lords
The NSS campaign to separate church and state
Public want religion kept out of politics – The Times
‘House of Lords (Removal of Bishops) Bill’ in the House of Lords ballot
Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, QC
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