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Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham asks about funding of the BBC World Service

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham asked a question on ensuring sufficient funding for the BBC world service on 2nd June 2025, highlighting its role in communicating issues of faith and freedom of religion:

The Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham: My Lords, the World Service has been particularly effective at communicating issues of faith and freedom of religion. In light of the increasing need for and importance of this, will His Majesty’s Government ensure as a priority that there is sufficient funding for the World Service, and that this is both retained and enhanced?

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Church Commissioners Written Questions: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Archbishop of Canterbury, Poverty, Clergy, Churches

On 2nd June 2025, the Second Church Estates Commissioner gave the following written answers to questions from an MP:

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Adam Jogee MP (Lab, Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church of England has had with the leaders of other faith groups on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about lighting in new build homes

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the effective management of artificial light in new build homes.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about humanitarian aid to South Sudan

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the White Nile river remains open as a humanitarian supply corridor into Upper Nile in South Sudan.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about gambling marketing and advertising

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government:

  • further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 24 March (HL5621), whether they have commissioned an industry-led assessment of the impact of gambling advertising.
  • why the new rules increasing the safety and simplicity of consumer promotional offers in gambling cannot be introduced sooner than 19 December.
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Bishop of St Albans asks about British nationals detained abroad

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to secure the release of Ahmed al-Doush; and what steps they are taking to request further information from the government of Saudi Arabia regarding his conviction and sentence.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about mitigating risks of drought in the UK

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the risk of drought in England this summer, following reports from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology that reservoir levels are 10 per cent less full than they should be.

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Bishop of Norwich asks about chalk stream recovery

The Bishop of Norwich received the following written answer on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of Norwich asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to publish the chalk stream recovery pack.

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Bishop of Lincoln asks about child poverty

The Bishop of Lincoln received the following written answer on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of Lincoln asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report published on 29 January by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK poverty 2025, which indicated that coastal areas in England have a disproportionate rate of child poverty.

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Bishop of St Albans asks about incidences of stress related workplace absence

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 2nd June 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asks His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of lost work-days due to stress, depression, or anxiety in women.

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