Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Act 2025

This bill extends the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015, which allowed senior female Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords. The 2015 Act created a mechanism allowing up to three women bishops to hold seats among the 26 reserved positions for Church of England bishops in the Lords. This extension act continues and potentially expands that provision beyond its original sunset clause. The bill addresses the underrepresentation of women in the upper chamber's ecclesiastical representation.