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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Oct 2018
Employee Shareholding and Participation in Corporate Governance

"I thank the noble Lord, Lord Haskel, for securing this debate. With such limited time, I shall make just a few comments about the purposes of business in general and then make one or two observations about the very specific themes raised in the debate.

All too often, business and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Working-age Benefits

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of rising inflation on families affected by the freeze of working age benefits...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Working-age Benefits

"My Lords, we are at risk of failing a substantial number of children and some of the most needy people of this country. If a society is to be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable, unless we are prepared to put aside party differences and make common purpose …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 02 Mar 2017
Building More Homes (Economic Affairs Committee Report)

"My Lords, my thanks go to the noble Lord, Lord Hollick, for tabling this Motion and giving us the opportunity to discuss the Building More Homes report. I am grateful also for the contributions from a number of members of the Economic Affairs Committee, which have been both helpful and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 May 2016
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, in response to Her Majesty’s gracious Speech I will make just a few points on the subject of human rights, rights which from my perspective arise from the inherent and God-given dignity of every human being. In 1213, St Albans Cathedral was the setting for the first meeting …..."
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Written Question
Government Departments: Statistics
Thursday 17th September 2015

Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether all government departments have now adopted the Office for National Statistics rural-urban classification in their analyses of data and evidence.

Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Jun 2015
Civil Society

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That this House takes note of the role played by civil society, in the light of the pastoral letter from the Church of England’s House of Bishops, Who is my neighbour?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Jun 2015
Civil Society

"My Lords, there is much in our nation for which we can be profoundly grateful. Next week, as we mark 800 years since the sealing of Magna Carta, we give thanks for the long, yet sometimes tortuous, path that has led us to becoming a modern democracy. That moment was …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 11 Jun 2015
Civil Society

"My Lords, as a bishop of the Church of England and as a Member of this House, I am used to having some pretty strange titles, so I was grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, for creating a new one for me—“noble troublemaker”. I cannot respond to all the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015
Voter Registration: Students

"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for referring to last week’s National Voter Registration Day. As part of that, I went into Townsend School in St Albans with two dynamic members of Bite the Ballot, who were able to bring the whole thing alive in an interactive and …..."
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