Maria Lay,a member of the ruling CNRT party, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, says first on the government's list is building new power plants.

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Lay member Alison Ruoff said she had voted against the ordination of women bishops in order to keep the Church together.

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"I want to ask not what the BBC can do for us, but what we can do for it", said Christina Rees, a lay member of synod.

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The panel comprises a High Court Judge, a second judge with immigration expertise and a third expert lay member whose presence reflects the central feature of the Three Wise Men system.

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