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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 May 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I welcome this Bill and the Government’s commitment to improve children’s lives and their outcomes. My faith teaches me that, in this work, we echo Jesus’s commitment to place children at the heart of God’s transforming work—

“of such is the kingdom of God”.

As Nelson Mandela said:

…..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Apr 2025
Homelessness: Young Adults

"My Lords, this feels very close to home. The BBC recently reported that the number of people who spent at least one night sleeping rough in Derby in 2024 was 63% higher than in 2023. In the Government’s annual rough sleeping snapshot, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Self-harm: Young People

"My Lords, last month, Susannah Hancock, a member of the Youth Justice Board, published her independent review into placement for girls in custody. Many of the professionals that she consulted through that review identified self-harm by girls in secure settings as one of the biggest areas of concern. In the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 17 Jan 2025
Universal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I congratulate my right reverend friend the Bishop of Manchester on bringing this Private Member’s Bill. I declare my interest as chair of the Children’s Society—a charity rooted in the Church of England and a key partner in the Church’s work to support care-experienced children and young people. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Sep 2024
Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I feel I should declare an interest as the only speaker in this debate who has benefited from the provisions of the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015; thank you.

I know something of the challenges of being a woman in senior ministry, not least as I hold the …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Crown Prosecution Service: Racial Bias

"My Lords, I hold responsibility in the Bishops’ prison team for children in the youth justice system, so my question arises not only from access to what I find to be quite disturbing data but also from direct contact with children in the justice system. What steps are His Majesty’s …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Gambling Advertising

"My Lords, I echo the thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for securing this debate and for his work, alongside the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans and others, on Peers for Gambling Reform, campaigning tirelessly over the past several years. While the right reverend Prelate the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Parents: Separation

"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for bringing this debate on this important matter. As I hope noble Lords will know, the Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households—with which I know the noble Lord was engaged—looked at this subject closely. It is out of this …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

"My Lords, I will speak in support of my right reverend friend the Bishop of Manchester, who is unable to be in his place today and who has asked me to speak to his opposition that Clause 28 stand part of the Bill. This is linked to a similar stand-part …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Mar 2023
Afghan Resettlement Update

"My Lords, I share many of the concerns that have been expressed about the routes into this country and the nature, safety and appropriateness of the accommodation for those who make it here—those to whom, as we have already noted, we have a moral obligation to extend sanctuary and welcome …..."
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