Biography
The Lord Bishop of Lincoln has engaged with health and social care topics across five debate speeches, drawing on personal pastoral experience and expertise in education policy. His contributions have addressed mental health access equity in rural primary schools, specialist provision for children with learning disabilities and autism, and the health implications of broader policy decisions affecting vulnerable populations including the elderly and farming families. His interventions reflect a consistent focus on ensuring equitable service provision and highlighting the perspectives of underserved communities.
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“…Only last Thursday, I was in hospital in an acute cardiac unit for babies, anointing a two week-old baby who had just had open-heart surgery. So I know quite a lot about babies through a very long ministry.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Mental health603rd of 8804.0
- Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, the Rural Mental Health report produced in the other place highlighted that “NHS mental health services are often not fairly accessible for rural communities”, with services largely centred in towns and cities, “creating barriers to access, compounded by the limitations and weaknesses of rural public transpor…”
Primary Schools: Mental Health Problems · 2025-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…With an ageing population of farmers, this is a widespread feeling. The likelihood of the break-up of farms makes tenancies uncertain and undermines the job security of agricultural workers. Inheritance tax would be about £1.5 million for Henry, on a farm that had a net income last year of £45,000.”
Inheritance Tax, National Insurance and VAT · 2025-01-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…England attend specialist schools and colleges, but there are 1.9 million children and young people who have special educational needs—a figure identified in January 2024. The special schools we have, doing a marvellous job under huge pressure, are systematically underfunded and underresourced.”
Special Needs Schools · 2024-10-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Baroness, Lady Morris, and the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, in drawing attention to children with special educational needs and the Government’s intention in relation to what has already been said in the gracious Speech, requiring all schools to co-operate with the local authority on school admissions, SEND inclusion an…”
King’s Speech · 2024-07-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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