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Committees

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 Julian Henderson (Archdeacon of Dorking)
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) (Joint Chair)
Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu (Archbishop of York) (Joint Chair)
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) (Deputy Chair)
Rt Worshipful Dr Sheila Cameron QC (Dean of the Arches and Auditor)
Sir Stuart Bell MP (Second Church Estates Commissioner)

Elected Members

April Alexander
Canon Peter Bruinvels
Revd Canon David Felix
Jacqueline Humphreys
Rt Revd Michael Scott-Joynt (Bishop of Winchester)
Revd Stephen Trott

Secretary Stephen Slack

Administrative Secretary Howard Cattermole
Legal Office, Church House, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3AZ
020 7898 1371
email: howard.cattermole@c-of-e.org.uk

Standing Orders Committee

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

Chair 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
Revd Canon Simon Killwick
Clive Scowen

Secretary Howard Cattermole
Legal Office, Church House, Great Smith St, London SW1P 3AZ
020 7898 1371
email: howard.cattermole@c-of-e.org.uk