Lord Griffiths of Burry Port

Labour Peer

Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 21 July 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Superintendent Minister, Wesley's Chapel, London. (from Number 10 press release)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Communications and Digital Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (14 Sep 2017 to 14 May 2020)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Wales) (14 Sep 2017 to 14 May 2020)
  • Opposition Whip (Lords) (21 Jun 2017 to 14 May 2020)
  • Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 9 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (27 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Recent appearances

  • Community and Voluntary Sector - Motion to Take Note 31 Oct 2024

    My Lords, it is a great privilege to speak in a debate of this kind and to thank my noble friend for giving us the opportunity to share experience in this way. I have spent my entire working life in the voluntary sector and have struggled very hard throughout that time to maintain the balance between administrative roles, management and client-facing co-working with the people one is serving...
  • Hospices: Funding - Question for Short Debate 24 Oct 2024

    My Lords, there has truly been a depositum of wisdom in this short debate, illustrating an area of concern that we all share in and indicating a degree of urgency by which we should all be impressed. I offer the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, my true thanks for his opening remarks and daring to set up this debate in a philosophical way; he has given us a framework within which we can test our ideas...
  • Relations with Europe - Motion to Take Note 10 Oct 2024

    My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow that speech, because in my remarks I also want to communicate my affection for and commitment to the Council of Europe—but not before I pay tribute to our new arrival, who is going to impose some of her strict, applied and disciplined thinking here, as she has done so well in many other places. My long association with both Barking and Islington...

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