The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich
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The Lord Bishop of Norwich's full title is The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich. His name is Graham Barham Usher, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
1 Content(0.5%)
0 Not-Content(0.0%)
188 didn't vote(99.5%)
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Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, in moving Amendment 59, I will also speak to Amendment 60 in my name; I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham, and the noble Earl, Lord Minto, for their support. I declare an interest as the father of a soldier.
The amendments that
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for her brevity at this late hour when many of us want to be tucked up in bed. It was worth staying up to hear the analysis of the noble Earl, Lord Minto. That was particularly helpful regar
2026-09-08
Armed Forces Bill
2026-09-02
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response and for agreeing to look further at the availability of commanding officers. We should remember that, very often, it is their delegated person being dealt with. They can frequently not have had th
2026-09-02
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, in moving Amendment 27, I will speak also to Amendments 28 to 34 in my name; I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham, for her support. I declare an interest, both for this series of amendments and for my contributions in Committee ear
2026-09-02
Armed Forces Bill
2026-09-02
Direction of Government
These Benches wish the Prime Minister well and assure him of our prayers. I welcome his attendance at COP 31 in Turkey in a couple of months’ time and that he recognises the impact of climate change—he referenced the glacial collapse at the Nepal-China b
2026-09-02
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I rise to support Amendments 17 and 18 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham, and I am very grateful to her for spending time over the weekend explaining them in more detail. The noble Baroness is quite right in what she has
2026-09-02
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I thank the Minister so much for allowing my intervention. I support the amendment in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, and the noble Earl, Lord Minto, because it is about well-being and retention. From what the Minister has just sa
2026-09-02
Data Centres: Water Resources
My Lords, can the Minister tell us what assessment Defra has made of the current regulatory framework and whether it will provide enough protection for the environment from the cumulative demand of data centres on water resources?
2026-07-06
Armed Forces Bill
I thank the Minister and his officials for their work on this Bill. It is a privilege to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig, and I look forward to hearing further contributions from noble and gallant Lords with their wealth of experience. Whe
2026-06-16
Defence Investment Plan
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the answers he has given so far. I want to ask a question about service personnel retention; I declare an interest as the father of a soldier. The defence investment plan primarily addresses equipment, procurement and
2026-06-16
Environment Act 2021 Targets
To ask His Majesty’s Government how they intend to meet the targets in the Environment Act 2021, including halting the decline of species abundance by 2030 and increasing overall species abundance by at least 10 per cent by 2042 compared to 2030 level
2026-06-16
Environment Act 2021 Targets
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply. Notwithstanding the work that the Government have done on this and the plans that they have put in place, the Office for Environmental Protection has concerns. It reported back in January:
“Govern
2026-05-13
Senior Deputy Speaker
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, to stand on behalf of these Benches in support of the Motion from the noble Baroness the Lord Privy Seal and to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, on his appointment.
It is a
2026-03-26
Middle East: Economic Update
My Lords, I welcome this Statement and join the Chancellor speaking in the other place in paying tribute to our Armed Forces. In particular, I welcome support for those families and households hardest hit; however, I share the concern of the noble Baron
2026-03-12
Peatland Restoration
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his reply. My understanding is that so far we have restored a quarter of a million hectares, against a target of 2 million hectares by 2040. That is only 10%. As the noble Lord says, it is crucial that we do
2026-03-12
Peatland Restoration
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of peatland restoration for flood resilience and nature recovery.
2026-03-11
Middle East: Defence
My Lords, as other Members of the House have done, I pay tribute to His Majesty’s Armed Forces. As the father of a soldier, I am acutely aware of what the families at Akrotiri in Cyprus are going through at the moment. I am sure they are being well suppo
2026-03-11
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Small Farms
I keep hearing from farmers, particularly from small farms, about the impact of the fiasco of the changes in inheritance tax. Would the Minister give some reassurance that future policy changes will truly be rural-proofed? I declare an interest as this y
2026-03-10
Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the answers she has given, but I will probe a bit further in two areas. Will dyscalculia be included in the core work of the inclusion hubs that are suggested as a requirement for all secondary schools in the s
2026-03-09
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 370 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay and Lord Blencathra. Across this nation, war memorials, often raised by public subscription of pennies here and tuppences there, stand to hold memories of th
2026-03-09
Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
My Lords, in 2023, the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care encouraged a conversation not only between provider and recipient but with all those involved in care and support, to create rounded and fulfilled lives. That includes the voluntary secto
2026-01-08
Mining: Pollution
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Oates, for his excellent introduction, because stories touch both the heart and the mind, harrowing as those stories of the people of Kabwe were that he shared with your Lordships.
This debate is timely because o
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. Gus Speth at Yale said that the real issue in reaching net zero is tackling “selfishness, greed and apathy”. Pope Francis called for an ecological “conversion”. Both civil society and faith-based organisation
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Register of Interests · 5 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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In receipt of episcopal stipend
registered 2023-10-26 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Property in Norwich owned jointly with wife, from which rental income is received
registered 2025-01-27 · amended 2025-06-24
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Property in York owned jointly with wife, from which rental income is received
registered 2023-10-26 · amended 2025-06-24
Category 4: Sponsorship
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As Lead Bishop for the Environment, the member receives Church Commissioners’ funding for a full-time researcher, a proportion of which is used to support role as a member of the House of Lords
registered 2023-10-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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As Bishop of Norwich, the member receives Church Commissioners’ funding for support staff, a proportion of which involves supporting role as a member of the House of Lords
registered 2023-10-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2023-10-17 → present
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
2026-07-15
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Data Centres: Water
Answered
2026-07-15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Data Centres: Nature Conservation
Answered
2026-06-02
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Urban Areas: Planning
Answered
2026-06-02
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Business: Climate Change
Answered
2026-04-20
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy: Investment
Answered
2026-04-16
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fossil Fuels: Conferences
Answered
2026-04-16
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Climate Change
Answered
2026-02-23
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Climate Change: International Cooperation
Answered
2026-02-04
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements: Charities
Answered
2026-02-04
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: International Cooperation
Answered
2026-02-02
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ecology: National Security
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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