Results 1-20 of 27 for speaker:the Bishop of London

Post Offices: Closures (11 Jun 2008)

The Bishop of London: My Lords—

Interfaith Dialogue (1 May 2008)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I must apologise to the House because I hoped to be here in time to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hameed, on initiating this important debate. I know that in his distinguished tenure of the post of High Sheriff of Greater London he did and continues to do a great deal in the field of interfaith dialogue. Today's debate is only one more initiative in that record. It is a timely...

Climate Change Bill [HL] (31 Mar 2008)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I very strongly support the amendment. I remember sharing a platform in a very supplementary capacity with the previous Prime Minister when he launched the project Accounting for Sustainability. It is a research project that is currently under way under the leadership of KPMG that intends to do exactly what the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, said, which is to put into the DNA of companies...

Olympic Games 2012: Legacy (17 Jan 2008)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, one thing is very clear. We are thinking about single individuals. The noble Lord, Lord Mawson, will certainly leave a very visible and very important legacy in east London. Like other noble Lords, I am most grateful to him for having introduced this subject. I would like to associate myself with many of things that he has said. I obviously have to declare an interest, because I am...

Climate Change Bill [HL] (14 Jan 2008)

The Bishop of London: I can well understand the reluctance to expand the remit of this committee so far that it becomes the conscience of the nation and embraces the whole of this very complex subject. Following the noble Lord, it seems quite clear that, even as it stands, the very particular duties assigned to the committee can hardly be undertaken without paying particular attention to this dimension of analysis...

Climate Change Bill [HL] (14 Jan 2008)

The Bishop of London: I entirely agree with the noble Lord that it is imperative that that dimension is considered. Having a look at, "the desirability of securing that the Committee (taken as a whole) has experience in or knowledge of the following" it is clear that the international dimension is not spelled out in that list. I entirely agree with the noble Lord that it is very desirable that it should be....

Climate Change Bill [HL] (27 Nov 2007)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I am particularly glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam. Not only has he made a most distinguished contribution to the preparation of this debate, but he has introduced a note into our deliberations that is absolutely vital. As we have heard, the science develops but the moral imperatives stay the same, and we cannot really look at this issue without taking that seriously into...

Children: Criminal Responsibility (20 Nov 2007)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, in the light of that answer, the Minister is obviously aware that in 2005 76 per cent of children given custodial sentences reoffended within 12 months of their release. Does he agree that the other initiatives to which he referred are very urgent indeed in view of these figures?

Debate on the Address (13 Nov 2007)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, on these Benches, we shall look at various aspects of the rich agenda laid before us this afternoon by the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews. I join other noble Lords in thanking and congratulating the Government on being the first in the world to introduce a Bill committing the UK to substantial reductions in C02 emissions. We are discussing this matter at a crucial time. As we are...

Tributes: Lord Weatherill (8 May 2007)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, on behalf of these Benches, I add our condolences to those of other noble Lords who have spoken. We have the title "Lords Spiritual", but Jack Weatherill was one of the Lords Spiritual in reality. We have heard about the integrity of his life and the thimble of humility; he was a genuinely spiritual person. In addition to the services to Parliament, about which Peers with better...

House of Lords: Reform (7 Feb 2007)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I am very grateful for the assurance given by the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor that no hostile takeover bid is intended, and I am grateful that the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford could be closely involved in the work that has culminated in the White Paper. My question is rather similar to the noble Baroness's. I see that there will be further...

Conservation: Historic Places of Worship (7 Dec 2006)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I declare a substantial interest as chairman of the church buildings division of the Church of England. I admire the work of the Historic Chapels Trust. I am in touch with colleagues in the Roman Catholic Church and friends at the Jewish synagogue listed in west London, which I visited on Monday. The Church of England, however, is responsible for 80 per cent of the listed places of...

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill: Select Committee Report (10 Oct 2005)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, listening to that speech and so many of the speeches in your Lordships' House this evening, I do not think that anyone could claim a monopoly on compassion on either side of the question. I hope that your Lordships are aware that the opposition to these proposals is based on compassion as well. As a priest and former hospital chaplain, like many in this House I have attended a large...

Churches (25 Oct 2004)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, he became Archbishop of Canterbury.

Churches (25 Oct 2004)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Harrison, for initiating the debate. The noble Lord is in this matter what, I believe, Americans call a "non-remunerated endorser". The same cannot be said for the Bishop of London, and I must declare so many interests it is almost tedious: not only as the chairman of the Church Heritage Forum, which handles business relating to the Church...

London (28 Apr 2004)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I, too, am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sheppard, for initiating this debate. I join many other Members of the House in being an admirer of the noble Lord's work for London First. Like the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, I am also a Londoner, by adoption and grace, and I was on the beat this weekend in Hanwell in west London. I fell into conversation there with the Sikh...

VAT: Listed Places of Worship (12 Nov 2003)

The Bishop of London: asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress they have made in negotiations with the European Commission to introduce a 5 per cent rate of VAT on repairs and maintenance to listed places of worship; and when they expect the necessary changes to the European Union VAT regime to be made.

VAT: Listed Places of Worship (12 Nov 2003)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his courteous and very constructive reply. Is he aware that a delegation led by one of his colleagues from another place—the Second Church Estates Commissioner—met yesterday with Commissioner Fritz Bolkenstein to discuss the VAT issue? One of the difficulties seems to be a lack of clarity about the different regimes which obtain in...

Tourism (30 Apr 2003)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, I, too, wish to address that issue of quality. I welcome this debate on the place of tourism in the British economy and am grateful for the opportunity. I should, however, declare an interest as chairman of the Cathedrals and Churches division of the Church of England. Noble Lords will be aware that, in the beginning, mass tourism and religion were partners. Thomas Cook was, of...

Licensing Bill [HL] (24 Feb 2003)

The Bishop of London: My Lords, is the noble Baroness aware that consecration is a technical term and that most places of public religious worship, even in the Christian tradition these days, are not legally consecrated? They have a lesser form of legal dedication. It is a particular term and the difficulty about prison chapels is not as substantial as may appear at first sight.