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HANSARDAffordable and Sustainable HousingI can tell my hon. Friend that the Church Commissioners are bringing forward substantial new amounts of housing across England, including affordable homes, in accordance with…23 May 2024HANSARDAffordable and Sustainable HousingI know what a great champion my hon. Friend is on this issue. Unfortunately, the Church Commissioners themselves do not have any land in North Devon that is being considered for…23 May 2024HANSARDDiocesan Support: InterregnumsIt is typical of my hon. Friend to take this level of interest in his clergy and churches, as I know he does regularly. I can tell him that the diocese of Exeter has produced a…23 May 2024HANSARDDiocesan Support: InterregnumsDuring an interregnum, a diocese will usually arrange for clergy in neighbouring parishes and across the local deanery to take services and to be available to support the church…23 May 2024HANSARDEducational Attainment: Church SchoolsThe Church of England educates more than 1 million children in its 4,700 schools in England. My hon. Friend must be particularly proud of the fact that all Church of England…23 May 2024HANSARDEducational Attainment: Church SchoolsThe fact that those three Church schools are rated “good”, including New Holland primary, which my hon. Friend has visited, shows that they provide not just excellent teaching,…23 May 2024HANSARDParish Churches: FundingParish ministry is at the heart of all that the Church of England does. Between 2023 and 2025, the Church Commissioners are distributing £1.2 billion to support our mission and…23 May 2024HANSARDParish Churches: FundingI am grateful to my hon. Friend. He is right to highlight to the House that there are pressures in some areas, and he is also right to point out that the parish network across the…23 May 2024HANSARDAcademy SchoolsI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend, who has had a long-standing interest in these and other Church matters. He is right in what he says because, with two thirds of special…23 May 2024HANSARDAcademy SchoolsThe Church of England is already the biggest provider of academies in England, with 1,770 academies and 280 multi-academy trusts. Each diocese across England will have its own…23 May 2024HANSARDSupport for People in GazaThe Church of England calls for the immediate release of the hostages in Gaza and an end to the fighting, which has caused the loss of so many lives and caused so much suffering…23 May 2024HANSARDSupport for People in GazaI thank the hon. Lady for her very pertinent and important question. She will know that the Archbishop of Canterbury himself went out to the Holy Land just after 7 October. I can…23 May 2024HANSARDSupport for People in GazaI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, and he is right that—both in Gaza and Gloucester—there is absolutely the need for significant reconstruction. I know that he has been a…23 May 2024HANSARD Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum DisordersI am not surprised that my hon. Friend and county neighbour makes such an astute point. He is absolutely right about the power of technology to help the NHS get this right, and I…22 May 2024HANSARD Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum DisordersI beg to move, That this House has considered the Major Conditions Strategy and people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders. I am delighted to serve…22 May 2024HANSARD Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum DisordersI am grateful to my hon. Friend, because it is these individual stories that really make the case. My hon. Friend’s constituents had to wait 30 years: that is a very long time…22 May 2024HANSARD Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum DisordersThe hon. Lady makes a sensible point. The four requests that Ehlers-Danlos Support UK wants me to put to the Minister are as follows. The first is a pathway for NHS diagnosis and…22 May 2024HANSARD Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum DisordersI agree with the hon. Lady, and I have experience of assisting constituents through the PIP process, which is tortuous for those with EDS so I am very grateful to her for putting…22 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportI will, briefly, but it will probably be the last intervention, as I take heed of what Mr Deputy Speaker said.16 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportIt is a privilege to speak in the debate. When my constituents who have made a complaint come to see me, we quite often get to a stage at which I recommend the ombudsman to them.…16 May 2024