Lords debate position of the non-religious
At approximately 11.30am BST (10.30am GMT/UTC) tomorrow (Thursday 19 April) Lord Harrison will “call attention to the position in British society of those who profess no religion; and to move for papers”.
More information and the live feed can be seen on the ParliamentLive web site.
This post will be updated with a direct link to the archive of the meeting after its conclusion at some point tomorrow, as well as related links in the national press.
Update (2007-04-19 13:11): Andrew Copson of the Lords’ debate in The Guardian’s comment is free
Update (2007-04-19 18:05) Ekklesia: Parliament to discuss the position of the non-religious in plural Britain
Today’s video is available on the Parliament TV web site (requires Windows Media Player or compatible)
Update (2007-04-20 18:39) Article on the British Humanist Association’s web site about the debate
April 19th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Looking forward to the updates.
aA
April 19th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
I’m so glad I stumbled across the article in the Guardian: https://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mt/mt-c.cgi
I didn’t quite realise where we’re heading. And now that I do, I’d like to add my voice of protest!
April 21st, 2007 at 4:14 pm
[...] text of Lord Harrison’s speech to, and the following debate in, the House of Lords that I mentioned the other day is now available on the Parliament’s publication web site (direct [...]