Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2910
harriesr@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords as Bishop of Oxford 1993,
Convener of Bench of Bishops 1998-2006
Councils, public bodies
General Ordination examiner in Christian Ethics 1972-76;
Director, Post Ordination Training, Kensington Jurisdiction 1973-79;
Member, Home Office Advisory Committee for reform of sexual offences law 1981-85;
Chair, Southwark Ordination Course 1982-87;
Vice-chair, Council for Arms Control 1982-87;
Chair:
Council of Christians and Jews 1992-2001,
Board of Social Responsibility for Church of England 1996-2001;
Member, Royal Commission on Reform of House of Lords 1999-2000;
Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority 2003-09
International bodies
Member, Anglican Consultative Council 1994-2003;
Consultant, Anglican Peace and Justice Network 1984-94
Political interests
Overseas aid and development, poverty, business ethics, arts, use of armed force, bioethics, the Dalits
Countries of interest
Georgia, India, West Papua
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Harries of Pentregarth, of Ceinewydd in the County of Dyfed 2006
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Gresham Professor of Divinity, Gresham College, Barnard's Inn, Holborn (ends August 2012)
Income from books, lectures, broadcasts and articles
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Beijing, 29 July - 3 August 2011, to speak and take part in conferences at School of Philosophy, Renmin University, Beijing Normal University and Minzu University; cost of air fare met by King's College London China Institute; hospitality in China provided by Renmin University
Visit to USA, 27 April - 5 May 2012, to speak, preach and lecture; accommodation and hospitality provided by Grace Cathedral, San Francisco and Graduate Theological Foundation, South Bends, Indiana; cost of business class air fare shared between them
Visit to Georgia, 29 May - 5 June 2012, to speak at European Week, a conference in Tbilisi; cost of flights and accommodation met by Europe House, a Tbilisi-based NGO; travel and meals within Georgia provided by Government of Georgia
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Multi-Faith School Trust
Trustee, Woolf Institute, Cambridge