Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest
of the world, but the majority
of members in the
upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the i
house of the U.K.'s
parliament, the
House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the i
House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a
debate on the issue.
One
of the most interesting aspect
of the
debate, however, was in the arguments in favour
of the Baroness» request by the Bishop
of Blackburn, who sits in the
upper house ex officio as one of the Lords Spiritual (one of the twenty six senior bishops in the Church of England), and Baron Cormack, a long - time member of the joint Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament, which includes members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measu
house ex officio as one
of the Lords Spiritual (one
of the twenty six senior bishops in the Church
of England), and Baron Cormack, a long - time member
of the joint Ecclesiastical Committee
of Parliament, which includes members
of both the
House of Commons and the House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measu
House of Commons and the
House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation of the Church of England (Church Measu
House of Lords and is responsible for reviewing internal legislation
of the Church
of England (Church Measures).