A selection of the Bishop of Bristol's votes

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• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Recent appearances

• Queen’s Speech - Debate (4th Day) 27 Jun 2017

  My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate on the gracious Speech. I thank the noble Lords who have spoken thus far in what has been an interesting debate today. I would like to draw attention to two or three things. The first is the fairly well hidden-away commitment in the gracious Speech to reform mental health legislation in order that mental health...

• Policing and Crime Bill - Report (2nd Day) 7 Dec 2016

  My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 173C, 196A and 200A in my name and I support Amendment 173B, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Beecham. I am grateful for the way in which he introduced this group of amendments. Members of your Lordships’ House will be only too aware that the House has rehearsed the arguments around betting shops, and in particular fixed-odds betting terminals,...

• Alcohol - Question 6 Dec 2016

  My Lords, my understanding was that the Government’s view not long ago was that they had a problem with minimum unit pricing on the basis that it would unfairly impact moderate drinking. From what the noble Baroness said this afternoon, do I detect that the Government have changed their mind and that they are seriously looking at minimum unit pricing?

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Entered the House of Lords on 16 July 2009

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• Has spoken in 0 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords. See all the Bishop of Bristol’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 3.20% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 22 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)