The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester
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The Lord Bishop of Manchester's full title is The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester. His name is David Stuart Walker, 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
16 Content(8.5%)
7 Not-Content(3.7%)
166 didn't vote(87.8%)
2026-03-25
Not-Content
95–137
Not-Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
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
2026-09-09
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, financial stability is crucial for sustainable growth. It is what allows people and families to plan for the future, to reliably hold savings, pensions and mortgages, and of course it supports businesses to create the jobs on which we depend. I
2026-09-09
Funeral Directors: Regulatory Regime
My Lords, I want to pick up a point made from the Opposition Front Bench a few moments ago about family funeral directors. Over the last 20 years or so, we have seen many of those, in effect, bought up by large conglomerates. It is important that any reg
2026-09-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have sympathy with all the amendments in the group, but I will focus my comments on Amendment 11 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, to which I added my name. As we have heard, this would require the FCA to establish a framework a
2026-09-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support Amendment 2 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, to which I have added my name. As we have already heard, this amendment would ensure that, when provisions of the Consumer Credit Act are repealed or replaced
My Lords, the economist Keynes, upbraided for changing his view on some matters, allegedly responded with the phrase:
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?”
In the 26 months since the general election, the facts have changed.
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as co-chair of the ethics committee of the National Police Chiefs’ Council. I heartily welcome the Bill. I have spoken in this House on previous occasions regarding the need for a wide duty of candour. I am delighted that
2026-09-01
Working-age Welfare System
My Lords, I am glad to hear that the Minister is so passionate about this and that, overall, this is taking place. As part of that, however, the Trussell Trust tells me that the majority of people who go to food banks are already on universal credit. Are
My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this important debate, not least because it brings together two of my long-term concerns—homelessness and the rehabilitation of offenders. I declare my interests as the chair of the Church H
2026-07-14
Business Hiring
My Lords, the area of Greater Manchester, which is largely coterminous with my diocese, has been showing better growth and better employment figures than most other parts of the country. I wonder whether the Minister might reflect that what the wider cou
My Lords, yesterday the Church of England General Synod reaffirmed its commitment to net zero. Back when we were first looking into that, I remember sitting down with the chief executive of one of the world’s largest insurance companies and asking him wh
I thank the Minster for her Answer; I am comforted by it. It is well documented that networks of ecologically connected MPAs deliver greater conservation benefits. Will the Government commit to working alongside other Atlantic countries to advocate at up
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to support the establishment of an international marine protected area in the Sargasso Sea under the Global Ocean Treaty.
2026-06-29
Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Deben, on matters of climate change. The way he spoke with such passion and wisdom is an example of this House at its best.
Climate change presents the greatest collective action problem of ou
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
My Lords, picking up on the point about training, can the Minister tell us what support will be available and what training will be offered to the adjudicators around religious literacy? Decisions regarding people’s cases often hinge on claims of religi
2026-06-29
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I, too, support all the amendments in this group, but I will limit my remarks to Amendment 80, to which I have added my name. I note that I appear to be the only man to have signed any of the amendments in this group. I hope that does not mean
2026-06-25
Puberty Blockers Trial: Consent
Would the Minister agree that the scientific trials are the best way to try to remove this from the culture wars that are so damning this particular topic?
2026-06-24
Clergy Conduct Measure
I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and for the questions that have been raised. I particularly thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, for the scrutiny that she and her committee have given to this matter. I
2026-06-24
Clergy Conduct Measure
My Lords, the Clergy Conduct Measure is a vital part of the Church of England’s ongoing reform of clergy discipline and safeguarding. During the passage of this Measure through the General Synod, the Church has acknowledged that the current clergy discip
2026-06-24
Clergy Conduct Measure
That this House do direct that, in accordance with the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919, the Clergy Conduct Measure be presented to His Majesty for the Royal Assent.
2026-06-22
Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry
My Lords, does the Minister agree that some of the most vulnerable young people are those who are in care. Too often, we see young people put in care homes many hundreds of miles away from where their kinship relationships are, making them even more vuln
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support Amendment 28, to which I have added my name. As we have heard, the amendment would require the FCA to establish a framework assessing banks’ and building societies’ provision of affordable credit. I spoke at some length at Second Rea
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a great honour to follow the noble Baroness., Lady Tyler. As I listened to her speech, I was crossing off most of the things that I was going to say, because she said them much more eloquently than I could have, and I am thankful for th
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. As with all my colleagues on these Benches—not that there seem to be many of them here today—my stipend, pension contributions, housing and working costs are provided by the Church Commissioner
My Lords, from these Benches, I also warmly welcome what is in the strategy. Enabling children in care to sustain or make long-lasting relationships is absolutely crucial. When it comes to the lifelong relationship ceremonies, we on these Benches are cer
2026-06-08
Affordable Housing: Young People
My Lords, young people under 35 who require support for their housing get only the shared accommodation rate of benefits, yet they are often disproportionately the people who have mental health concerns or other issues. Does the Minister agree that this
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Occasional broadcasting fees from the BBC
registered 2020-09-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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In receipt of episcopal stipend
registered 2020-09-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2020-07-28 → present
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Government posts
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Opposition posts
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Committee memberships
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Contact
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walkerdb@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ending the Need for Food Banks
Subject Group
|
Officer | Trussell | 4 | 2027-02-23 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Terrorism and Security
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-05-13 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
2026-06-30
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jerusalem: Orthodox Church
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2024-09-10 |
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.