"My Lords, income from overseas tours often helps cathedrals sustain music programmes, scholarships and outreach work in rural and disadvantaged communities. Have the Government assessed the impact that barriers to European touring are having on the long-term sustainability of these opportunities for young people?..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech
"My Lords, it is with great sadness that the Lords spiritual join all noble Lords in marking the passing of Lord Laming, a great friend to so many of my colleagues, a man whose life of public service spanned many decades and whose influence was felt far beyond the institutions …..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech
"My Lords, if the vision of the land use framework is realised, 9% of utilised farmland will be removed from food production for nature restoration. We will therefore be asking British farmers to farm efficiently on the remaining land while meeting our high standards of animal welfare and environmental stewardship. …..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech
"My Lords, I support Amendment 89 and acknowledge the remarkable contribution made by the noble Lord, Lord Bird, to tackling homelessness over many years.
That challenge is particularly acute in rural communities. We know that rural housing is less affordable. Action with Communities in Rural England reports that the average …..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech
"My Lords, technological sovereignty is not simply about developing domestic capabilities but about the values that guide their development. What steps are His Majesty’s Government taking to embed accountability, transparency and public oversight in technological development?..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to ask the Minister about the issue of AI in this context. I speak with some personal experience, in that my son’s partner has recently been made redundant as the result of an AI system that she herself developed. It is inevitable that AI systems will …..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech
"I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, on securing this debate. Given the pace of AI development, it could not be more timely. As Pope Leo said in his recent encyclical:
"My Lords, I speak in favour of Amendment 55, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. There is a questionable theory of change in the Bill—that bigger pension schemes are necessarily better, suggesting the minimum scale of £25 billion. While scale certainly creates advantages, Australian experience suggests that …..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech
"My Lords, we would all like to see the minimising of pain and distress to animals prior to slaughter, yet currently a substantial number of animals are slaughtered without prior stunning due to a derogation within domestic legislation, even though, as I understand it from speaking to a large halal …..." Lord Bishop of Hereford - View Speech