Tag: Week in Westminster

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords sponsored, spoke to and voted on amendments to the Government’s Immigration Bill and Housing and Planning Bill. Bishops also spoke in debates on the 2016 Budget and asked questions on rural transport, the case of Asia Bibi and Disability Living Allowance appeals. The Lords rose on Wednesday for the Easter recess. Continue reading “Church of England Week in Westminster, 21st – 23rd March 2016”

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords sponsored, spoke to and voted on amendments to the Government’s Housing and Planning Bill, Immigration Bill and Trade Union Bill. Bishops also spoke in debates on renewable energy, maternal care and Israel/Palestine. They asked questions on fixed odds betting terminals, reception of unaccompanied migrant children, the effects of UK withdrawal from the EU, credit unions and preventing child abuse. In the House of Commons the Second Church Estates Commissioner answered questions on mission in deprived areas, helping ex-offenders into work, sustainable energy, women’s leadership in the church and the contribution of cathedrals to cultural and economic life. Continue reading “Church of England Week in Westminster 14th-18th March 2016”

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week the Bishop of Gloucester gave her maiden speech in a Lords debate on International Women’s Day and the Bishop of Coventry led a debate on Syria. Bishops in the House of Lords spoke to and voted on amendments to the Government’s Immigration Bill and on Tax Credit Regulations. Bishops also spoke in debates on the BBC, the Government’s Housing and Planning Bill, and a private member’s bill to regulate fixed odds betting terminals.. They asked questions on starter homes, the effects of UK withdrawal from the EU and the targeting of faith-based schools by campaign groups. In the House of Commons the Second Church Estates Commissioner answered a question on the landfill community fund and took part in the debate on Sunday trading in the Government’s Enterprise Bill. Continue reading “Church of England Week in Westminster 7th-11th March 2016”

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords spoke to and voted on amendments to the Government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill and spoke in a debate on sustainable technology. They asked questions on refugees in Calais, Sudan, family reunification, affordable housing, Daesh, Iraqi refugees, Israel, and mental health and prisons. In the House of Commons the Second Church Estates Commissioner answered questions on former bishop George Bell and spoke in a debate on the Churches Conservation Trust.
Continue reading “Church of England Week in Westminster 29th February – 4th March 2016”

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords spoke to amendments on the Government’s Trade Union Bill and took part in votes on the Scotland Bill and Immigration Regulations. Bishops also spoke in a debate on the Middle East and on a Private Members’ Bill on NHS Charitable Trusts. They asked questions on freedom of speech at universities, conflict in Burundi, sustainable technology and NHS staff. In the House of Commons the Second Church Estates Commissioner answered questions on pay and on celebrations for the 90th birthday of HM Queen.
Continue reading “Church of England Week in Westminster, 22nd-26th February 2016”

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords spoke to amendments on the Government’s Immigration Bill and Trade Union Bill and in debates on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill and Armed Forces Bill. Bishops also spoke  and in debates on education and renewable energy. Bishops also asked questions on unaccompanied child refugees, housing regeneration, building on floodplains, PSHE, refugees in Burundi, the internet in public libraries and school milk. Continue reading “Church of England Week in Westminster, 8th-12th February 2016”

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords spoke to amendments on the Government’s Immigration Bill and in debates on education and renewable energy. Bishops also asked questions on extremism and offence, fixed odds betting terminals, Palestinian statehood and house building on floodplains.

In the House of Commons the Second Church Estates Commissioner answered questions on the Queen’s 90th birthday, street pastors, ethical investments, women and BME clergy, credit unions, churches and community use and debt and poverty counselling.

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Monday 1st February

The Bishop of Norwich asked a question on Palestinian statehood.

The Bishop of Southwark spoke during the committee stage of the Government’s Immigration Bill.

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Tuesday 2nd February

The Bishop of St Albans received a written answer to a question on fixed odds betting terminals.

The Bishop of Salisbury spoke and voted on a motion to annul Regulations on renewable energy feed in tariffs.

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Wednesday 3rd February

The Archbishop of Canterbury asked an oral question on extremism and offence.

The Bishop of Norwich spoke to amendments on the Government’s Immigration Bill, on the welfare of children, asylum support cuts, unaccompanied young people and care leavers, and family reunion.

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Thursday 4th February

The Bishop of St Albans received an answer to a question on building homes on floodplains.

The Second Church Estates Commissioner published a written answer to a question on church buildings and community use. She also answered questions in the House of Commons on the Queen’s 90th Birthday, street pastors, ethical investments and tax avoidance, women and BME clergy and credit unions.

The Bishop of Norwich spoke in a debate on education.

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Friday 5th February

The Second Church Estates Commissioner published a written answer to a question on work with debt and poverty campaign groups in Blackburn diocese.

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week the Bishop of  Newcastle was Introduced to the Lords and took her seat as the Second female Lord Spiritual, supported by the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Southwark.

Bishops tabled, spoke to and voted on amendments to the Government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill (including successfully passing an amendment on child poverty reporting). Bishops also spoke during debates on the Government’s Housing and Planning Bill, local democracy and education and lifelong learning. They also asked questions about private sponsorship for unaccompanied child refugees, the ‘family test’, Christian-Muslim relations, junior doctors’ pay, prepaid energy meters and on forestry. The Bishop of Durham also led debates to approve two Church of England Measures – on safeguarding and diocesan finance.

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Monday 25th January

The Bishop of Durham successfully passed an amendment to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on reporting child poverty. He also spoke in support of an amendment on life chances. The Bishop of St Albans supported an amendment on disability reporting. Bishops took part in Divisions on the Bill.

The Bishop of St Albans asked a question about forestry. The Bishop of Durham responded to a Government statement on unaccompanied child refugees.

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Tuesday 26th January

The Bishop of Newcastle was  Introduced to the Lords and took her seat.

The Bishop of Worcester asked a question about the Government’s family test. The Archbishop of York also asked about family policy.

The Bishop of Rochester and the Bishop of St Albans both spoke in the Second Reading debate of the Government’s Housing and Planning Bill.

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Wednesday 27th January

The Bishop of Worcester asked a question about Christian-Muslim relations.

The Bishop of Chester asked a question about junior doctors’ pay.

The Bishop of Portsmouth spoke to amendments he had tabled to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on exemptions to the two-child limit. The Bishop of Durham also spoke in favour of the amendments, as well as to others on supported housing.

The Bishop of st Albans supported amendments on the Employment Support Allowance.

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Thursday 28th January

The Bishop of St Albans asked a question about prepaid energy meters.

The Bishop of Durham and the Bishop of Derby both spoke in a debate on local democracy.

The Bishop of Derby also spoke in a debate on education and lifelong learning.

The Bishop of Durham led a debate to approve Church of England Measures on safeguarding and on diocesan finance.

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Friday 29th January

The Bishop of Chelmsford spoke in support of a Bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility.

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords have asked questions about the importance of religious literacy in Government, Basic Farm Payments and forced underage marriage. They have spoken during debates on education in prisons and on the Government’s Immigration Bill.  In the House of Commons the Second Church Estates Commissioner spoke in a debate about the regulation of out of school settings and answered a written question on property development in Peterborough. Continue reading “Church of England Week in Westminster, 18th – 22nd January 2016”

Welcome to the Church of England’s weekly round-up of activity in Parliament.

This week bishops in the House of Lords led a debate on recent flooding and spoke in debates on Lords powers, the NHS and the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. They also took part in debates on the Government’s Trade Union Bill and Welfare Reform and Work Bill. Bishops also asked questions on rough sleeping and human rights in China and in Eritrea. In the House of Commons the Second Church Estates Commissioner answered questions on flooding, roof repairs and preparedness for the EU referendum.

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Wednesday 30th December

The Bishop of St Albans received an answer to a written question concerning the detention of Chinese Human Rights lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang

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Monday 11th January

The Bishop of Rochester asked a question about rough sleepers.

The Bishop also spoke during the Second Reading debate of the Government’s Trade Union Bill.

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Tuesday 12th January

The Bishop of St Albans asked a question about human rights in Eritrea.

The Bishop of Rochester co-sponsored an amendment on supported housing to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.

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Wednesday 13th January

The Second Church Estates Commissioner answered a question on flooding in Blackburn diocese.

The Bishop of Rochester spoke in a debate on the Strathclyde Review into powers of the Lords.

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Thursday 14th January

The Bishop of Leeds led a debate on flooding, in which the Bishop of St Albans also spoke.

Both the Bishops of Leeds and St Albans also spoke in a debate on the NHS.

The Bishop of Portsmouth spoke in a debate about protecting cultural property in armed conflict.

 

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Friday 15th January

The Second Church Estates Commissioner answered questions on EU exit vote preparedeness and church roof repairs.