Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Sep 2024
Road Investment Strategy
"My Lords, the answers we have had so far, which are welcome, refer to future strategy in terms of economics and finance, but there is another element that this Government have built into their programme, which is making long-term decisions. Is any future road strategy being looked at holistically in …..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2024
HS2
"My Lords, one of the mysteries of HS2 was that you could get to places like Leeds 16 minutes quicker, but you could not get anywhere else when you got there because of deficiencies in the northern network. What confidence can we have that any other plans that come forward …..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 22 Jul 2024
King’s Speech (4th Day)
"My Lords, I am not an economist, but I care deeply about the economy. I shall limit myself to a couple of observations, and I am sure that I can save a few minutes in the length of the debate.
First, I welcome the Minister and thank him for his …..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 23rd May 2024
Asked by:
Lord Bishop of Leeds (Bishops - Bishops)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to secure guarantees from Sudan’s warring parties for the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance to conflict-affected populations.
Answered by Lord Benyon
- Lord Chamberlain (HM Household)
The UK continues to speak out publicly and vigorously to press the warring parties to facilitate unhindered, crossline and cross-border humanitarian access. On 27 February, the UK called for the UN Security Council to convene for a closed consultation in response to the SAF's decision to withdraw permission for the movement of humanitarian personnel and supplies into Sudan from Chad via the Adré crossing. On 20 March, we made a UK intervention at the Security Council highlighting the OCHA White Note's clear warning that obstruction of humanitarian access by the SAF and RSF is resulting in people in Sudan starving. On 8 March, the UK led the Security Council to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire for Ramadan and for urgent humanitarian access.
Written Question
Tuesday 21st May 2024
Asked by:
Lord Bishop of Leeds (Bishops - Bishops)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will increase multi-year funding to support the most food-insecure people in Sudan and Sudanese refugees in neighbouring countries.
Answered by Lord Benyon
- Lord Chamberlain (HM Household)
As announced by the Deputy Foreign Secretary during his visit at the end of March to the Chad/Sudan border to meet refugees from Sudan, this financial year the UK's official development assistance (ODA) will almost double to £89 million to Sudan with most of this going towards humanitarian aid including assistance to address food insecurity. Specifically, our ODA in Sudan will include support to UNICEF to provide emergency and life-saving food assistance to support people particularly in hard-to reach areas in Sudan, including nutrition, water and hygiene services for 500,000 children under 5. In addition, the UK will be working with the World Food Programme to provide assorted food commodities. The UK's ODA will also increase to £111 million to South Sudan, which will include provision for continued humanitarian support for new Sudanese refugees as well as vulnerable returnees and host communities in South Sudan. We will also continue to provide ODA assistance in Chad in 2024/2025, which will include support for the refugee crisis in eastern Chad such as food, shelter and other assistance by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and through the World Food Programme.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 May 2024
Media Bill
"My Lords, surely at a time when we want children to get away from the telly and actually do sports, it is right that they be confronted by sports that they may know nothing about. Was it not curling, whatever that is, which became very popular and captured the imagination? …..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 May 2024
Media Bill
"I have struggled with it, but “substantial” or “substantive” might get us somewhere, rather than something that does not actually mean anything. The General Synod of the Church of England has a similar problem; it put “collegiate” in some recent legislation when it meant “collegial”—it had nothing to do with …..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 May 2024
Media Bill
"My Lords, I endorse everything that the noble Baroness has said apart from the language point. Why is “significant” an improvement on “appropriate”, when neither of them are defined? “Significant” has to mean significant of something—we might think that it just means “a lot”, but it does not. It is …..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 May 2024
Media Bill
"My Lords, it is not. If we went around the room and asked, “Please quantify it, or tell us what it means”, I think we would—..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 May 2024
Ukraine and Georgia
"My Lords, given Georgia’s recent history and its rather precarious geographical position, the importance of the upcoming elections in October cannot be overstated. To push a bit further the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, can the Minister explain what active steps the Government are taking to ensure …..."Lord Bishop of Leeds - View Speech
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