Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 Dec 2016 Casey Report
"My Lords, this review is very welcome for its frank and open-eyed survey of the social realities of our country. The Church of England is present and engaged in communities everywhere in the country. The importance of the work of schools, including faith schools, features largely in the review. I …..." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests as a visitor to five Oxford colleges and the governor of Winchester University. I thank both the Minister for Universities and Science and the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, for meeting me to discuss some of the core issues concerning the Bill. I say, too, …..." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
"My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord the Leader of the House for bringing this Statement to your Lordships’ House. As noble Lords would expect, we on these Benches welcome the proposal that, if there is a partly appointed House, a smaller number of Church of England Bishops will …..." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the evidence for their assessment that asylum seekers returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo will be safe...." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as patron of the Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group and welcome the Minister to her new responsibilities. This is the third time I have asked this question. Each time I have had the same ostrich-like unsatisfactory answer from two different Governments and three different …..." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the International Crisis Group’s recent report Congo: No Stability in Kivu despite Rapprochement with Rwanda...." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, but I ask for a greater level of realism from him and from the Government. The report to which he refers—he may have been toiling with its French, but it is now translated—makes it clear that the ICG believes that that …..." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
"I declare an interest as a previous Bishop of Stafford with responsibility for the city of Stoke-on-Trent. Does the Minister recognise that the museum is not only one of the finest ceramic collections in the world—begun by the great, farsighted and humane Josiah himself—but a repository and a monument to …..." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech
"My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Chidgey, on getting this debate and on his perseverance over Questions, oral and written, on this region of Africa. It is a privilege to follow those who have spoken. The debate is timely not only because the DRC is celebrating 50 …..." Lord Bishop of Winchester - View Speech