The members are appointed for the duration of each parliament, and vacancies may be filled by the speaker of the relevant House.

[9] The Ecclesiastical Committee then drafts a report for Parliament, "stating the nature and legal effect of the measure, and its views as to the expediency thereof, especially with relation to the constitutional rights of all His Majesty’s subjects".

[9] If the Legislative Committee wishes to proceed, then the report and the measure are both presented to each House of Parliament.

If both Houses pass a resolution agreeing to the measure, then it is presented to the monarch to receive royal assent.

[11] Under Section 10(6) of the Human Rights Act 1998, measures of the Church Assembly or of the General Synod of the Church of England are exempt from the "fast track" procedure under that Act by which government ministers may, with a reduced level of parliamentary scrutiny, amend legislation incompatible with a human right under the European Convention on Human Rights.