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HANSARDDraft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust order 2021It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I do not intend to detain the Committee for long, but I have been asked on behalf of the Church to say a…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI strongly support the points about pet theft made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). As Second Church Estates…15 Mar 2021HANSARDRestoration Grants: ChurchesI am delighted to learn about the growing congregation and all the good work happening at St Michael’s Fulwell. The commissioners provide strategic development funding to the…04 Mar 2021HANSARDRestoration Grants: ChurchesThe Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England has administered £10 million of the Government’s culture recovery funding to 68 churches and cathedrals and about £250,000 in…04 Mar 2021HANSARDChurch CommissionersMy hon. Friend will be reassured that the Archbishop of York told the General Synod on Saturday that the Church needs more priests, not fewer, and a parish system revitalised for…04 Mar 2021HANSARDPersecution for Faith or BeliefIt is a great pleasure to reply to my hon. Friend, the Prime Minister’s new envoy for freedom of religion or belief. The Church of England strongly supports educating young people…04 Mar 2021HANSARDLandholdings: Public TransparencyThe Church Commissioners have been working through the process of registering their land holdings with the Land Registry, which can be searched publicly. In addition, on page 81…04 Mar 2021HANSARDPersecution for Faith or BeliefThe Church of England has regular meetings with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office about countries where people are persecuted for their faith or belief, so that our…04 Mar 2021HANSARDPersecution for Faith or BeliefThe Church of North India and the Church of South India seek to comply with Indian law in this respect. Pressure from outside India may make the situation worse for those who…04 Mar 2021HANSARDLandholdings: Public TransparencyAs part of the work of the Archbishop’s housing commission, the Church has indeed commissioned a draft map of the land holdings of the Commissioners, dioceses and parishes, to…04 Mar 2021HANSARDChurch CommissionersWhile he is carrying out academic study and writing a book, the Archbishop will delegate some of his duties to the Archbishop of York and other bishops. Study leave is available…04 Mar 2021HANSARDVauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing StrategyMany of my constituents make the highly successful Vivaro van at the plant in Luton. Can the Secretary of State say what the Government are doing to encourage electric van…01 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapThank you very much on behalf of Whipsnade zoo, but will the Prime Minister now instruct that a further test case be taken to the courts so that those hospitality businesses whose…22 Feb 2021HANSARDEnergy-efficient HousebuildingWhat steps he is taking to promote energy-efficient house building.22 Feb 2021HANSARDEnergy-efficient HousebuildingBritish architects such as Bill Dunster are building not only energy-efficient homes but zero bills homes, which are brilliant for the planet as well as helping us relieve…22 Feb 2021HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)I would like to begin by thanking Bedfordshire police officers and staff for the magnificent job they do in keeping my constituents safe. I also register my disgust at those…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Building SafetyI welcome this very significant intervention and the relief that it will bring to so many people. Does the Secretary of State agree that we have established a very important…10 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe news from Xinjiang becomes ever more horrific, so what can the Government do to help us as consumers know when we shop online exactly where our products are coming from? Are…04 Feb 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [Lords]I am very pleased to be able to speak on this Bill, because London Luton airport employs a great number of my constituents. The town of Leighton Buzzard and the villages of Heath…02 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: LandholdingsI know that my hon. Friend works tirelessly for the people of Dewsbury. I and the staff of the Church Commissioners have met him to discuss this issue. Although the planning…21 Jan 2021