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the Bishop of Chester
Bishop
- Became a Lord on 14 November 2001
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How the Bishop of Chester voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (1 Jul 2009)
“Perhaps I may put it on the record that I said that four out of five women—80 per cent—engaged in prostitution in London were foreign nationals. I did not say that they were trafficked, but it is safe to assume that a fair percentage of them may well be trafficked. Those figures come from a 2004 report by the POPPY Project, an organisation that works with such women.”
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (1 Jul 2009)
“In one of St Paul's letters, he prefaces his argument by saying: "I speak as a fool". I can only reiterate the apostle's words when entering a debate on a legal question with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd, and the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. The noble Lord, Lord Borrie, demolished the amendment very effectively and said that the real issue was whether Clause 13 should stand part of the...”
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (1 Jul 2009)
“In any interchange with the noble Lord, Lord Desai, too, I preface my remarks with the words of the apostle: "I speak as a fool". However, I do not think that his argument is entirely convincing. I would not want to say that we presume the guilt of any man who pays for sex but any person paying for sex needs to take extreme care to make sure that they are not complicit in the exploitative...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 12% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 5 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 12 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever the Bishop of Chester speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 63 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)