The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Leicester
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The Lord Bishop of Leicester's full title is The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Leicester. His name is Martyn James Snow, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
7 Content(4.3%)
0 Not-Content(0.0%)
155 didn't vote(95.7%)
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figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-22
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
My Lords, while I am not aware that there was any religious element to the incidents referred to, we know that many Hong Kongers have come to this country seeking religious freedom and, indeed, many thousands have joined our churches. Can the Minister gi
2026-06-18
Child Poverty
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on securing the debate and thank her for her tireless work in addressing child poverty. Like many others, I welcomed the publication of the Government’s child poverty strategy and was delighted by
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, for securing this debate and to all taking part. Noble Lords may differ on the diagnosis but I think the whole House shares the same concern for the young people behind these figures.
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My Lords, in the past, if you wanted to persuade people to think badly of others, you were limited by two things: the number of people you personally knew and the number of conversations you could physically have. Social media removed the second of those
Like other noble Lords, I am in awe of the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his patience and persistence in keeping the question of atrocity prevention before this Chamber. I thank him and indeed all those who have spoken. It is not my intention to repeat any
2026-06-03
Murder of Henry Nowak
My Lords, my thoughts and prayers are also with the family and friends of Henry Nowak in their grief and suffering. Like many others, I echo the courageous words of Henry’s father in his powerful call that his son’s death should not,
“be used to creat
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
I realise that I am going to make myself very unpopular at this hour, but I will make a very brief comment on the couple of comments that were made regarding the amendment in the course of the debate. I remind noble Lords that this is about children who
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
I am very aware that there are risks to all forms of consultation. My argument is simply that the risks are minimised by in-person consultation.
The considered view of safeguarding professionals in the NNDHP is that the current guidance put in place b
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I shall speak to the amendment in my name, Amendment 426D. I start by thanking the Minister for meeting me a couple of weeks ago to discuss this matter—and I want to be direct at the outset about what the amendment would do and would not do.
My Lords, I warmly welcome the introduction of the Bill and the opportunity today to comment on it. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Teather, on her truly excellent maiden speech, and I look forward to the maiden contributions of the noble Barones
2026-03-05
Access to Work Fund
My Lords, although I recognise that spending on Access to Work has increased in recent years and applaud the Government’s ambition to support more disabled people into work, this will most likely require more financial investment and more training of sp
2026-03-02
Child Poverty Strategy
My Lords, like many others, I warmly welcome the child poverty strategy; there is much to commend it, such as—to pick one particular aspect—the expansion of free school meals for children. However, I have a question about auto-enrolment of children for f
2026-02-05
Youth Unemployment
I welcome the Government’s new initiatives in this area, particularly the youth guarantee. Can the Minister tell us how the Government are going to tackle the estimated 500,000 young people who are not in education, employment or training, and who are no
2025-12-11
The UK’s Demographic Future
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, for his work in bringing together this report and giving us the opportunity to debate it. I add my thanks to him for his fascinating speech today and his wider contribution to this House, and I wis
2025-12-05
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I too rise to support this amendment with some caution, noting that these are deep waters. I hope that noble Lords will forgive me for pointing out the blindingly obvious: as I look around your Lordships’ Committee, I do not see any 18 to 25 y
2025-11-27
Sudan
I am grateful to noble Lords for ignoring the request from my right reverend friend the Bishop of Leeds that this should not be a valedictory debate for him. His contribution to this House, and to the Church and nation more widely, has been immense. Howe
2025-11-12
BBC Leadership
My Lords, I have just returned from a visit to a country in west Africa that I know very well, and which has sadly suffered a number of coups in recent years. However, I can testify first-hand that the role of the BBC in such situations is highly regarde
2025-10-24
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
My Lords, I rise to speak in support of this Bill, at the encouragement of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Derby, who regrets that she cannot be in her place today.
Noble Lords may be aware that we on these Benches have a team of Bishops—the
My Lords, I support this Bill and add my thanks to all those who have engaged so thoroughly in its detail. It has been an important learning experience for me in the processes of your Lordships’ House, an experience that I hope I can bring to bear on oth
2025-10-23
Jobcentres: Staffing Levels
I thank the Minister for her response. A recent BBC article suggested that capacity has been created in jobcentres only by reducing the number and length of appointments. One work coach they spoke to said that having only 10 minutes with clients means
2025-10-23
Jobcentres: Staffing Levels
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the staffing levels within Job Centres.
2025-10-22
Rape Gangs: National Statutory Inquiry
My Lords, the Church of England has in recent years been forced to face up to our own, significant failures in the areas of safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. We were far too slow to realise the devastating impact of safeguarding when it go
My Lords, I am pleased to have added my name to this amendment. As this is the first time that I have spoken at this stage, I want to thank the Ministers for their careful consideration of the concerns raised by noble Lords, as well as all those who have
2025-09-10
Child Poverty Strategy
My Lords, my question is also not about the two-child limit, though I am fully supportive of its removal. Can the Minister say something about listening to the voices of children and young people within the formation of the strategy and give some example
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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In receipt of episcopal stipend
registered 2022-11-28 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Holiday cottage in Derbyshire from which rental income is received
registered 2022-11-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2022-10-06 → present
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
2026-03-19
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Violence: Leicester
Answered
2026-02-10
Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
Answered
2026-01-20
Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
Answered
2026-01-16
Department for Work and Pensions
Crisis and Resilience Fund: Universal Credit
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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