On 13 March 2026, William Nye, Secretary General of the Archbishops’ Council and of the General Synod of the Church of England provided General Synod members with an update of the National Church Governance Measure, (“the update”).
At its meeting on 21 October 2025, the Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) had deemed both the National Church Governance Measure and the Clergy Conduct Measure as “not expedient”; in accordance with s3(4) Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919, it communicated its report in draft to the Legislative Committee, on 30 October 2025.
The Ecclesiastical Committee in December set out four areas of concern: safeguarding arrangements; the scope of the delegated (order making) powers; aspects of the financial accountability framework; and the breadth of the Church of England National Services’ (CENS) charitable purposes.