The constitution as proposed to the sovereign was then recognised as already existing in the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo.

If MPs or members of the House of Lords were not content with a measure then they could vote to reject it, but not amend it.

The House of Clergy comprises clergy elected from the following: Members of the House of Laity are elected by lay members of the Deanery Synod in each Diocese every five years by a system of single transferable vote.

However changes to church doctrine, rites and ceremonies, or the administration of the sacraments, can only be made in the form agreed by the House of Bishops.

Meetings of the General Synod have been allowed to be remote, since the COVID-19 pandemic, under measures that were originally meant to be temporary but have been extended.