Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answers to questions from MPs on 8th November 2022:
8th November 2022:
Ben Bradshaw MP (Lab): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to review its exemptions under the Equality Act 2010.
Andrew Selous MP (Con): The National Church Institutions have no current plans to do so.
8th November 2022:
Jim Shannon MP (DUP): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England will provide funding for disability access improvements to churches in the Strangford constituency where there is a lack of parish funding.
Andrew Selous MP (Con): As the Strangford constituency is in the Province of Armagh of the Church of Ireland I regret I am unable to assist. The Church of England has recently updated its own guidance, which is available here: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/Equal_Access_to_Church_Buildings.pdf
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