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House of Lords Chamber: Bishops

Question for The Senior Deputy Speaker

UIN HL4205, tabled on 30 April 2024

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he has asked (1) Lords Spiritual, and (2) other peers, for their views on whether the requirement for Lords Spiritual to wear robes of rochet and chimere in the Chamber should be referred to the Procedure and Privileges Committee.

Answered on

13 May 2024

As Senior Deputy Speaker, I meet regularly with the Convenor of the Lords Spiritual and other members. I have discussed the requirements set out in paragraph 4.15 of the Companion with the Convenor of the Lords Spiritual, and a number of other members, and have had no suggestion that these matters need to be referred to the Procedure and Privileges Committee.