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General Synod Report of Proceedings

The Report of Proceedings is available online from this page, in PDF format. The report is provided both as a single file containing the whole of the report, and as a series of downloads, each consisting of one sitting. (Help with accessing the files is provided at the bottom of this page.)

General Synod November 2000 Group of Sessions, Volume 31, No. 3

November 2000 - Complete report in one file (753 KB)

November 2000 - download sections of the report, listed by sitting

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Prelims (21 Kb)

First Day, Tuesday 14 November 2000, first sitting (17 KB)
The Queen's Speech

First Day, Tuesday 14 November 2000, second sitting (290 KB)
Progress of Measures and Statutory Instruments, Announcement about Value Added Tax, Report by the Business Committee, Statement on the Recent Flooding, Themes for the New Quinquennium, Questions

Second Day, Wednesday 15 November 2000, first sitting (115 KB)
Loyal Address, Message of Greeting to the Bishop in Jerusalem, Draft Clergy Discipline Measure, Draft Amending Canon No. 24, Draft Synodical Government (Amendment) Measure, Tribute to Standing Council

Second Day, Wednesday 15 November 2000, second sitting (159 KB)
Variation in the Order of Business, Statement on Iran, Forthcoming Financial Issues, Appointment of Chairman of the Pensions Board, Review of the Church Urban Fund, Diocesan Synod Motion: Non-Stipendiary Ministers

Third Day, Thursday 16 November 2000, first sitting (69 KB)
Draft Synodical Government (Amendment) Measure, Diocesan Synod Motion: Communion before Confirmation

Third Day, Thursday 16 November 2000, second sitting (124 KB)
The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, Tributes, Iraq: A Decade of Sanctions, Presidential Address

Index (13 KB)

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