Description | Papers relating to the House of Lords debate on 16 Jun 1976 in which Archbishop Coggan spoke, including a preliminary note from the Board for Social Responsibility on 'The Family Today' (ff.166-74), advice for Coggan prior to the debate, correspondence with Giles Ecclestone, Secretary of the Board for Social Responsibility, the Viscount Ingleby, Lady Hylton-Foster, the Clerk of the Parliaments, and Rt Revd David Say, Bishop of Rochester, a letter to Bishops prior to the debate asking if they can attend (f.233) and copies of replies, including from Rt Revd Maurice Wood, Bishop of Norwich (f.236), Rt Revd Patrick Rodger, Bishop of Manchester (f.237), Rt Revd Robert Woods, Bishop of Worcester (f.240), and Rt Revd Lawrence Brown, Bishop of Birmingham (f.262), letters sent to the Countess of Swinton (f.242), Rt Revd John Taylor, Bishop of Winchester, Rt Revd John Habgood, Bishop of Durham and the Bishop of Rochester (f.243) and Baroness Seear and Baroness Faithful (f.244) asking if they would speak in the debate, copies of their replies and letters from other members of the House of Lords, including Most Revd Michael Ramsey, and Lord Wells-Pestell, reaction to Archbishop Coggan's speech from members of the public (ff.177-97, 281-7), including the Marquess of Reading (ff.186-7) and correspondence regarding Coggan's proposal for a Minister for the Family. |