Category Archives: Church Teaching

A “Right to Buy Scheme” question from House of Lords


The member of the House of Lords who asked this question was the Bishop of Derby the Rt Revd Libby Lane and the response came from Baroness Joanna Penn, a Government Minister. The two comments which have been received so … Continue reading

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On this “Israel-Hamas War: Diplomacy” Faiths get raised


On Tuesday the House of Lords held a debate of Israel-Hamas War: Diplomacy and several members of the members took part which can all be obtained from here. One of them was the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler who stated … Continue reading

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Dr John Inge asked about Children Seeking Asylum


The Bishop of Worcester Rt Revd Dr John Inge is one of the very constructive members of the House of Lords and on Tuesday there was a session called “Children Seeking Asylum” which was opened up by Paul Scriven who … Continue reading

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Two voting cases that both included one of the Bishops


Last week on 27th November 2023 there were two voting items that took place in the House of Lords location and both of them included the Bishop of London, The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE. It … Continue reading

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Could there be a Bishop Parliament for the Government?


I have just spotted that there is a Parliament in the North East area in County Durham which is described as the “Bishop Auckland”. The current MP in that setting is Dehenna Davison who is the Conservative MP. She took … Continue reading

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It’s fantastic for Seaford Mayor to hold a Carol Service


A few hours ago Olivia Honeyman published that she is organising a Carol Service on 13th December at 6.30pm at St Leonards Church in Seaford which is located in the town centre. The Church is in the Parish of Sutton … Continue reading

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Ask Indian government to protect Christian people


I have just spotted this e-petition that was submitted by a person called Nalini Thakur. It was created back on the 3rd August so it it is nearly 2 months old and yet sadly it only has 97 signatures so … Continue reading

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Chichester Bishop asks Nursing Courses Reduction


Last Tuesday 19th September the Bishop of Chichester, Martin Warner took part in a discussion session at House of Lords under the headline Nursing Courses: Reduction in Applications which was opened by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath who is a … Continue reading

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An interesting Petition to remove Church from the State


A few days ago I spotted the petition which Ruby Henderson submitted into the Government agency for the e-petitions. So far she has obtained 21 signatures and the largest group of them is from Newcastle-under-Lyme which suggests that Ruby is … Continue reading

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We urgently need to protect England’s nature


The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee published its report on Protected Areas on 26th July with the headline of We urgently need to protect England’s nature. The Chair for the Committee is Kate Parminter who is a … Continue reading

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