The Bishop of Sheffield received the following written answer on 15th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of Sheffield asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of potentially expanding the new Youth Guarantee to include 16 to 17-year-olds and 21 to 24-year-olds.
Continue reading “Bishop of Sheffield asks about support for youth employment and education”The Bishop of Leeds asked a question on what pressure the UK and US governments could put on the United Arab Emirates, who continue to supply weapons and funding to the RSF in Sudan, on 14th January 2025:
Baroness Chapman of Darlington: […] The noble Lord talked about other countries and their activities. All I can say is that any countries with any influence of any kind, or any relationship with any side—this is a multi-sided conflict now—must use that for one purpose only. That is to de-escalate, to bring those parties to the negotiating table and to get that humanitarian support which, as the noble Lord said, is urgently needed by those communities now.
The Lord Bishop of Leeds: My Lords, that being the case, what pressure can the UK and the United States Governments put on the United Arab Emirates, which has been supplying and continue to supply funding and weapons to the RSF?
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On 14th January 2025, the Bishop of St Albans tabled a question on plans to ensure adequate support for listed historic buildings:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: To ask His Majesty’s Government, following Historic England’s publication of the latest Heritage at Risk Register, what plans they have to ensure adequate support for listed historic buildings.
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The Bishop of Gloucester asked a question on the health needs of women in prison on 14th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester: My Lords, women in prison have very specific health needs. Will the new women’s justice board look at ensuring that health and social care services across the women’s estate are consistently gender-specific and sensitive to women’s protected characteristics?
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The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 13th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government how many people were treated by the NHS for gambling disorders in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, (5) 2023, and (6) 2024.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about mental health treatment for gambling addiction”The Bishop of Norwich asked a question on efforts to deliver medical supplies to the Al-Ali Hospital in Gaza on 8th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of Norwich: My Lords, three days before Hamas’s horrendous attacks on Israel I was in Gaza visiting the Anglican Al-Ahli Hospital. That hospital was struck again on 29 December by an Israeli artillery shell—the fifth strike it has had. Earlier this afternoon, I asked the archbishop in Jerusalem for an update and he provided me with a list of things that are urgently needed by his medical director at that hospital. They include antibiotics, anaesthesia drugs, sterile gloves, plaster of Paris, surgical knives, abdominal swabs and much more. All of that is in a container that has been in Amman for two months, held up because the Israeli Government will not allow it in. What might His Majesty’s Government do to try to enable that medical equipment to get to the Al-Ahli Hospital urgently?
Continue reading “Bishop of Norwich asks about supply of medical items to Al-Ali Hospital in Gaza”On 8th January 2025, the House of Lords debated the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill at its second reading. Votes were held on a motion to commit the bill, in which Bishops took part:
The Bishop of Norwich asked a question on police action in cases of institutional abuse on 8th January 2025:
The Lord Bishop of Norwich: My Lords, recent events have rightly turned the spotlight on the Church of England’s record around safeguarding. Those of us on these Benches are highly committed to listening to survivors and bringing about the further institutional and cultural changes that need to be made, beyond the enormous progress that has been made over the past 10 years. What assurance can the Minister give that the police will act on information that they receive, which, it is alleged, was not the case in 2013, when the horrendous crimes of John Smyth were correctly reported to them?
Continue reading “Bishop of Norwich asks about police action in cases of institutional abuse”The Bishop of Leicester asked a question on reasonable adjustments for those with disabilities in the workforce on 9th January 2025, during a discussion on assessments of eligibility for benefits claimants:
The Lord Bishop of Leicester: My Lords, the Government have made clear their ambition to get more people with health conditions and disabilities into work. What plans are in place to ensure employers consistently implement the reasonable adjustments required of them in the Equality Act and do not discriminate against disabled people?
Continue reading “Bishop of Leicester asks about reasonable adjustments in the workplace”The Bishop of Manchester spoke in a debate on the second reading of the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill on 7th January 2025, referencing his experiences leading the diocese in the aftermath of the Manchester arena bombing in 2017 and the need for access to training and resources for faith and voluntary sector groups to comply with the requirements of the bill:
The Lord Bishop of Manchester: My Lords, as a bishop whose diocese includes around 300 places of worship, most of which will find that this Bill directly applies to them, I have, along with my right reverend friends on these Benches, a very obvious interest to declare. But as the Bishop of Manchester, I have a more specific reason for wanting to see this Bill reach the statute book. Martyn Hett, whose name is immortalised in the informal title by which we know this Bill, was killed some three minutes’ walk from my cathedral. We are all grateful for the persistence of his mother, Figen, over these last seven years, and for achieving the degree of cross-party consensus that has brought us to this point today.
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