Profile

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)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 1 Jan 1970

  Education (Values of British Citizenship) Bill - second reading – Lord Harries of Pentregarth. Legislation; 10:00 am

• Prison Capacities - Question for Short Debate 12 Sep 2024

  My Lords, amid the serious general concern about the state of our prisons, which we all share, I want to focus particularly on the risk of prisoners committing suicide. The death of anyone by suicide is a great sadness but there is a particular forlornness, a sense of failure and defeat, when someone kills themselves in prison. The number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons last year went...

• Middle East Update - Statement 3 Sep 2024

  We are of course all totally appalled by the scale of civilian casualties. The question is, what is the real cause? Is it, as Israel says, Hamas having dug itself into civilian areas—schools, hospitals and so on—or is it the huge amount of weaponry Israel has used, such as 2,000 lb bombs with a killing range of 800 metres? It is very important for the truth to come out in the end. As soon...

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