Political interests:
Children & families; voluntary sector; welfare reform
Activity in the House of Lords
Entered the House of Lords in 2013 as the Bishop of Truro.
To view all of the Bishop’s recent speeches on this website click here
Full list of speeches & questions in past sessions (from UK Parliament webpages):
All Party Parliamentary Group Membership:
Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger and Food Poverty (2014 – )
Biographical details
Year of Birth 1957
Southamapton University
St Stephen’s House Oxford
Deacon – 1980, Priest – 1981
Curate, Todmorden – 1980-82
Priest-in-charge St Peter, Walsden – 1982
Chaplain to Univeristy of Wales Colleges – 1985-87
Bishop of Wakefield’s Chaplain – 1987-91
Wakefield Diocesan Director of Ordinands – 1988-91
Bishop of London’s Chaplain – 1991-94
Principal of the North Thames Ministerial Training Course -1994-98
Vicar of Kensington St Mary – 1998
Archdeacon of Kensington – 2000-01
Bishop of Sherborne – 2001-08
Bishop of Truro – 2009 –
Biography on UK Parliament website (incldues Register of Interests)
Other Interests
Chairman and Trustee of The Children’s Society.
Rugby Union, Cricket, reading novels, Church history
Contact
The Rt Revd Lord Bishop of Truro
House of Lords
Westminster
SW1A 0PW
Or
Lis Escop
Feock
Truro
TR3 6QQ
More information about the bishop and his ministry can be found on the Diocese of Truro website.
The Church of England in Parliament 
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