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PRINCIPAL COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL SYNOD

Appointments Committee

Business Committee

The Committee is responsible for organizing the business of the Synod, enabling it to fulfil its role as a legislative and deliberative body.

Chair  Preb Kay Garlick (Hereford)


Appointed Members
Canon Glyn Webster (Archbishops' Council)
Prof John Craven (Archbishops' Council)

Elected Members
Rt Revd Trevor Willmott (Bishop of Basingstoke)
Revd Susan Booys (Oxford)
Ven Alan Hawker (Archdeacon of Malmesbury)
Ven Alastair Magowan (Archdeacon of Dorset)
Rosalind O'Dowd (London)
Sue Johns (Norwich)
Gerry O'Brien (Rochester)

Secretary David Williams (Clerk to the Synod)
020 7898 1559
email:david.williams@c-of-e.org.uk

Legislative Committee

The Legislative Committee is a statutory committee, required by the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 and the Constitution of the General Synod. It acts in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the 1919 Act in, inter alia, submitting Measures to Parliament for approval once they have received final approval by the General Synod.

Ex officio Members

Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu (Archbishop of York)
Ven Norman Russell (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury)
Revd Canon Glyn Webster (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York)
Canon Dr Christina Baxter (Chair of the House of Laity)
Dr Philip Giddings (Vice-Chair of the House of Laity)
Rt Worshipful Dr Sheila Cameron (Dean of the Arches)
Sir Stuart Bell MP (Second Church Estates Commissioner)

Elected Members

Rt Revd Michael Scott-Joynt (Bishop of Winchester)
Revd David Felix (Chester)
Revd Stephen Trott (Peterborough)
Ms Jacqueline Humphreys (Bristol)
Mrs April Alexander (Southwark)
Canon Peter Bruinvels (Guildford)

Secretary Vacancy
Office Church House, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3NZ
020 7898 1371
email: stephen.slack@c-of-e.org.uk

Standing Orders Committee

The Committee keeps under review the procedures and Standing Orders of the General Synod.

Chair Mr Geoffrey Tattersall QC

Ex officio Members

Ven Norman Russell (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury)
Revd Canon Glyn Webster (Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York)
Canon Dr Christina Baxter (Chair of the House of Laity)
Dr Philip Giddings (Vice-Chair of the House of Laity)

Appointed Members

Gill Ambrose
Revd Susan Booys
Ven Adrian Harbidge (Archdeacon of Bournemouth)
Revd Simon Killwick
Clive Scowen

Secretary Vacancy
Office Church House, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3NZ
020 7898 1371
email: stephen.slack@c-of-e.org.uk