- Contract into Second State Pension
- Cap future increases in National Minimum Stipend to RPI
- Pension age - 68 (for future service)
- Full pension - 43 years (for future service)

An amendment relating to defined contribution schemes by Stephen Barney was defeated, as was one from Gavin Oldham on encouraging younger ordinands. However, a third amendment asking the Archbishops' Council to report on the overall clergy remuneration package was (susprisingly?) passed. The motion as a whole was passed.

The next debate is on the subject of Clergy pensions: Ill health retirement

In summary, it recommends:

- Make sure candidates are fit for the job when they begin
- Occupational health provision in all dioceses
- Capability procedure to be part of application for ill health retirement
- Ill health benefits to be more related to length of service

The motion was passed.

Next, a report by the Business Committee. It all relates to whether there should be a greater concentration of Synod representatives from the north (York) than the south (Canterbury). The motion was passed.

Finally, Mission Shaped Church. The motions asks the Synod:

- To affirm 'mixed economy' - Traditional churches and fresh expressions
- encourage imaginative recruitment, training and deployment of pioneer ministers
- To commend Bishops' Mission Orders
- To ask for more research on 'mixed economy' / fresh expressions

A lengthy and interesting debate followed. Motion passed as expected.

News reports

- Martin Beckford / Telegraph: Relaxing assisted suicide laws a 'moral mistake' - Archbishop of Canterbury
- Ruth Gledhill / The Times: Rowan Williams issues 'profound apology' to gay Christians
- See also the Guardian, Independent, Daily Mail and Ruth Gledhill's Times blog (please forgive short links - formatting is awkward for various uninteresting technical reasons).