APPOINTMENT OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN SENTAMU AS ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

Early day motion 361, tabled 20 June 2005 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 49 members.

That this House congratulates the Bishop of Birmingham, the Right Reverend John Sentamu, on his appointment as the new Archbishop of York; welcomes the decision that means the Bishop has become the Church of England's first archbishop from an ethnic minority background; acknowledges the Bishop's commitment to the cases of Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor; and wishes the Bishop every success when he takes up his new role in the autumn.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 11, Conservative 5, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.