This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Remove the male bishops from the House of Lords
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Currently the male Archbishops and 24 Bishops of the Church of England have seats in the House of Lords.
There is now serious concern that an organisation that discriminates against women is given guaranteed votes for men in the House of Lords. In addition, representatives from any religious organisation can surely have no place in our Parliament. The bishops of the Church of England have no legitimacy as a group of men; they're not elected; they have no special expertise or experience and they represent only a very narrow section of society.
The Bishops can no longer claim to speak for anybody.
For a more legitimate House of Lords, it is time to throw the Bishops out. Every day they are there and votes take place under this anti-democratic system, more damage is done to our democracy, women's status and this country’s reputation.
The government must remove the bishops from the Lords, without delay.
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