A selection of Lord Harries of Pentregarth’s votes

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• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 12 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 5 absences, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 17 Apr 2023

  Obtaining access to West Papua for the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights – Lord Harries of Pentregarth. Oral questions

• Israel and Palestine - Question for Short Debate 7 Mar 2023

  To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, with international partners, to calm the violence and build a lasting peace between the government of Israel and the Palestinian people.

• Israel and Palestine - Question for Short Debate 7 Mar 2023

  My Lords, in 1962 I had the great privilege of spending a term studying in Jerusalem. Signs of conflict were everywhere; there was barbed wire across the streets and pockmarks in the walls made by bullets from recent fighting. The time was tense and difficult. But now, more than 60 years later, the situation is even worse—the tension greater, the violence more bitter. Some of us will...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1993

Positions held at time of appointment: Bishop of Oxford. (from Number 10 press release)

Party was Bishop until 2 Jun 2006

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee (29 Jun 2017 to 28 Mar 2018)
• Member, Select Committee on Charities (25 May 2016 to 26 Mar 2017)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (9 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (9 Jun 2010 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (19 Nov 2007 to 8 Apr 2010)