Recent appearances

• Defence: Expenditure - Question 11 Jun 2019

  My Lords, as I am sure the noble Earl remembers, the Foreign Secretary, in his Guildhall speech, not only called for new capabilities and higher spending, but went on to set the point of these new capabilities when he said that, “strength is the surest guarantee of peace”. Furthermore, last week, in the D-day proclamation, 16 countries, including the United Kingdom, committed to, “work...

• Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Motion to Take Note (Continued) (3rd Day) 14 Jan 2019

  That would be above my pay grade.

• Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Motion to Take Note 9 Jan 2019

  My Lords, one of the aspects of being a Bishop in your Lordships’ House is the inherent link to local communities through our dioceses. My own diocese being Canterbury, which covers the eastern end of Kent, I shall start by speaking for a moment about the small picture, about local issues in Kent, as an example that applies in many other places, that would be exacerbated and strained by the...

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Entered the House of Lords on 12 January 2012

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• Diocese website

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee) (26 Feb 2013 to 12 Jun 2013)
• Member, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee) (17 Jul 2012 to 4 Feb 2013)

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• Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all the Archbishop of Canterbury’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 2.23% 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") 42 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)