Correspondents on bishops' appointments under the Crown Appointments Commission include: 7th Lord Sudeley [earlier Merlin Hanbury-Tracy] (8); John Wakeham, Government Chief Whip (2); Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury on the difficulties of relations between Parliament and the Synod, and the Synod's view of the Appointment of Bishops Measure (1984) (3); Canon Trevor Beeson; Ronald Bowlby, Bishop of Southwark (3); Michael Latham [Member, Joint Ecclesiastical Committee of both Houses of Parliament] (5); William Powell (4); John Burgess, Archdeacon of Bath.

Also includes: copy of letter to the Prime Minister from members of both Houses of Parliament on their concerns about the appointment of bishops; copy of the Bishops (Retirement) Measure (1985), with report by the Ecclesiastical Committee; summary of meeting on the Crown Appointments Commission; press cuttings; report of the standing committee of the General Synod on the Appointment of Bishops Measure; copy of the Appointment of Bishops Measure, with report by the Ecclesiastical Committee; copy of the draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure (1984).