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Bishop of St Albans asks about needs of rural communities in devolution process

The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on local government devolution and the needs of rural communities on 16th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans: My Lords, it looks as if the provisional local government finance settlement for 2025-26 will disadvantage rural areas, with the removal of the rural services delivery grant making the situation even worse. What steps are being taken to ensure that the needs of rural communities are being considered in the devolution process and that the strategic policy approaches developed by the combined authorities meet the specific needs of service delivery in our rural communities?

Bishop of St Albans asks about illegal movement of meat and cattle products

The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on the need to protect against illegal movement of cattle and meat products during outbreaks of foot and mouth disease on 16th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans: I congratulate Defra on the decisive action it has taken. I, too, have memories of the former outbreaks, travelling with my father to farms where what happened was devastating. Part of the risk comes from illegal movements of cattle and meat products. What additional briefing and support has been given to border and police forces to try to protect against this? Also, are there any additional resources for the mental health and well-being of our farming community, who will find this a huge threat to their livelihood?

Church Commissioners Questions: Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, Makin Review, Hyde Park Estate, Racial Justice

In the House of Commons, the Second Church Estates Commissioner gave the following answers to questions from MPs on 16th January 2025:

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

Dave Robertson MP (Lichfield, Lab), Kirsteen Sullivan MP (Lab, Bathgate & Linlithgow), Liz Twist MP (Lab, Blaydon & Consett), Ruth Jones MP(Lab, Newport West & Islwyn), and Gregory Stafford MP (Con, Farnham and Bordon), asked: What assessment the Commissioners have made of the effectiveness of the listed places of worship grant scheme.

Bishop of St Albans asks about safety of non-surgical cosmetic procedures

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 16th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 7 November 2024 (HL1998), what steps they intend to take to ensure the safety of the non-surgical cosmetics sector; and when they will set out their position on this subject.

Bishop of St Albans asks about UK response to the situation in Myanmar

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 16th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking as penholder of the UN Security Council on Myanmar to call for the referral of the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor.

Bishop of London asks about Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

The Bishop of London received the following written answer on 16th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of London asked His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to produce an equalities impact assessment ahead of the coming stages of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Bishop of St Albans asks about salmon conservation

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 16th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect Atlantic salmon from extinction, following recent research from the International Union for Conservation of Nature that shows the species is at high risk.

Bishop of St Albans asks about role of drugs in fatal collisions

The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 16th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government how many people were killed in collisions where the driver was under the influence of drugs in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, (5) 2023, and (6) 2024.

Bishop of Leeds asks about teaching levels in arts and creative education

The Bishop of Leeds asked a question on low numbers of teachers in the arts and humanities on 15th January 2025, during a discussion on the value of a creative education in state schools:

The Lord Bishop of Leeds: My Lords, schools feed in to universities, and the number of arts and humanities departments in universities has been in decline. I learned recently—and I speak as a linguist—that if all the students currently training in modern languages at university were to go into teaching, we would still only fund 70% of the language-teaching posts. This is a systemic problem in the arts and humanities. Trying to get PhD funding for arts and humanities is increasingly difficult. Will the Government commit to looking at the whole stream of the educational system in this respect, and not just schools?

Bishop of Sheffield asks about support for youth employment and education

The Bishop of Sheffield received the following written answer on 15th January 2025:

The Lord Bishop of Sheffield asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of potentially expanding the new Youth Guarantee to include 16 to 17-year-olds and 21 to 24-year-olds.

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