§ Lord Williams of Elvelasked Her Majesty's Government:
What arrangements they propose to make concerning the Lord Chancellor's patronage of Church of England benefices when the office of Lord Chancellor no longer exists. [HL3655]
§ The Lord ChancellorI will be publishing a consultation document in September setting out the issues to be addressed in relation to the roles of the Lord Chancellor that do not relate to the Speakership, his functions as departmental Minister or his judicial capacity. This will include his ecclesiastical patronage. For the present the arrangements concerning the Lord Chancellor's patronage of Church of England benefices remain unchanged.