Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, proposed that the debate be cut short after an amendment calling for “legally secure structural provision” had been defeated. The successful motion to move to next business means that the motion cannot brought back in the same form before 2026. The Revd Dr Mark Smith (Universities and TEIs) commended the amendment as shedding “much needed light on the way ahead”. The Revd Charlie Skrine (London) then moved an amendment calling for a “settlement based on legally secure structural provision”. It was immediately after this vote that Dr Threlfall-Holmes made her successful intervention to request that the Synod move to next business.
