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5 April 2012 | Archbishop of York John Sentamu, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice attends a Maundy Thursday Service at York Minster in York, England. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice are visiting York today as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. (c) Arthur Edwards/WPA Pool/Getty Images

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John Sentamu statement for Public Spending: Inheritance

On Tuesday 30th July the final day of Parliament before the Summer holiday period there was a session in the House of Lords published as “Public Spending: Inheritance”. One of the people who contributed to it was the previous Archbishop of York who is John Sentamu who I have met a few years ago. Spencer Elliot Livermore, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, gave answers to all those who…

John Sentamu statement for Public Spending: Inheritance

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Final responses from Bishops following the Kings Speech

On Wednesday Rachel Treweek the Bishop of Gloucester, Lord Sentamu previously the Archbishop of York and David Walker the Bishop of Manchester made contributions in respect of the King Speech which is available here. On Thursday another group of Bishops were Justin Welby the Archbishop of Canterbury York, Philip Mounstephen the Bishop of Winchester and finally John Inge the Bishop of Worcester…

Final responses from Bishops following the Kings Speech

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Two Bishops have raised questions for South Africa

Back on the 21st of May while the Parliament and the House of Lords was still active one of the themes that arose was a focus on South Africa and a current Bishop who is the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham named as Paul Gavin Williams set out the theme. The Minister who responded was David Cameron who was the Prime Minister back on 2010-2016 and he is now a member of the House of Lords and he…

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Bishop Paul & John Sentamu call for South Africa

Last Tuesday afternoon in 21st May there was a session in the House of Lords that was published as South Africa and the person who set it out was the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham who is Paul Williams. He began initially with the call “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs what are his priorities for working with the government of South Africa after…

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Stephen Cottrell speaks to the Labour Conference event

Stephen Cottrell speaks to the Labour Conference event

A number of years ago when Tony Blair was the Prime Minister and when Labour came to Brighton for their Conference the Sunday Morning Service took place in St Peter’s Church and the person who did the preach at the event was John Sentamu who was the Archbishop of York. I had the privilege as the Coordinator of Churches Together in Sussex to pray for the Bishop and I met him prior to the service.…

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A great statement from John Sentamu in House of Lords

A great statement from John Sentamu in House of Lords

Last Saturday in the House of Lords the man who was the Archbishop of York from 2005 to 2020 spoke about the Queen following her death two days earlier. As we prepare to experience her funeral it is lovely to read this text. John Sentamu who I have had the privilege to meet on several occasions stated the following which was only part of his statement. I have met him several times when he has…

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A potential call for an IAG to be set up for the NHS

A potential call for an IAG to be set up for the NHS

On Wednesday in the House of Lords, John Sentamu was speaking during the discussion on St Georges Hospital. His words are below. Although he did not refer to the phrase of an Independent Advisory Group (IAG) he did refer to the reference of an independent police inquiry body and that I wonder whether the same thing is happening here in the context of the NHS. His call was following the very…

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