Lords Reform Committee calls for end of reserved seats for Bishops, BHA welcomes call

Reports circulating in the media that the parliamentary Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform is poised to endorse the removal of reserved places in the upper house for Church of England Bishops have been given a provisional welcome by the British Humanist Association (BHA).The Joint Committee called BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson to give oral evidence  to the committee and make the case for removing reserved places for Bishops as part of reform, following oral evidence from the Archbishop of Canterbury in favour of retaining them. This