The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield OBE
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The Lord Bishop of Lichfield's full title is The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield OBE. His name is Michael Geoffrey Ipgrave, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 13
My Lords, as noble Lords have said, we should all be deeply concerned by the resurgence of antisemitism around the world. We must all unequivocally condemn the sickening recent incidents in our own country. The definition of antisemitism agreed by the I
2025-10-15
Manchester Terrorism Attack
My Lords, my prayers are with the victims, their families and all our Jewish communities following this appalling attack. It is shocking that the ancient evil of antisemitism is currently resurgent in our society. We must remain vigilant against it and a
My Lords, I am very glad to see the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Spielman, on the speakers’ list for this debate; I look forward to her maiden speech and her future contributions to this House.
We all need to acknowledge the understandable frustra
2025-05-15
Immigration System
My Lords, the White Paper rightly recognises the role that successful integration plays in enabling people to realise their full potential and increasing community cohesion. It particularly highlights the importance of language learning. Yet this, though
2025-05-15
Ex-offenders: Reintegration
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. Although most prisoners will of course be looking forward to their release, there will be those also for whom release will be difficult or even traumatic, particularly some of those who have served many year
2025-05-15
Ex-offenders: Reintegration
To ask His Majesty’s Government what support they are providing for ex-offenders to support their transition from life in prison and their reintegration into society.
2025-03-13
Integration and Community Cohesion
My Lords, I sincerely thank the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, for securing this important debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Raval, on his excellent maiden speech, and I look forward to the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Rook. I thank the n
2025-03-13
Tell MAMA: Funding
My Lords, I welcome the Government’s launch of a new working group to provide a definition of Islamophobia. I ask the Minister: whom does this group plan to consult, both within and beyond the Islamic community, to inform that definition and ensure that
2025-02-13
Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, it is an honour to participate in this debate. I anticipate hearing many more thoughtful and powerful contributions like those we have already heard, and look forward to hearing the words of the noble Lord, Lord Katz, who will follow me. I cong
2025-01-21
Homelessness
My Lords, according to data from the Ministry of Justice, the proportion of all prison leavers who were released homeless in 2023-24 was 13%. Considering that people are 50% more likely to re-offend if they are homeless, what steps are the Government tak
My Lords, I am sure that on these Benches and more widely, all of us as Bishops will register and take to heart the searching and challenging words of the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, and I thank her for them. We recognise the urgency and centrality of
2024-09-09
Anti-Muslim Prejudice and Hate Crime
My Lords, some of the most valuable and effective work that is being done to improve community relations, and so to counter religious hate crime and prejudice, is at a local and grass-roots level; for example, in Walsall we have community iftars, church-
My Lords, I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak in this House for the first time. I promise that I will be brief. I thank all noble Lords for their warm welcome and all the parliamentary staff and officers for their kindness and patience in exp
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In receipt of episcopal stipend
registered 2023-03-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2022-10-25 → present
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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