Oral & written questions in the Lords and Commons
The Bishop of Durham received the following written answers on 22nd February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of Durham asked Her Majesty’s Government what funding has been provided to local authorities (1) to support (a) asylum seekers, (b) refugees, and (c) migrants, to register with a GP, and (2) to ensure that those people are factored into COVID-19 vaccination plans.
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The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 22nd February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked Her Majesty’s Government what representations, if any, they have made to the government of Eritrea to encourage its military withdrawal from Ethiopia.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about conflict in Ethiopia and Eritrea”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 22nd February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that farmers involved in the Environmental Land Management Scheme are adequately compensated for the impact of introducing nature-based solutions on future flood risk on their land.
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The Bishop of Gloucester received the following written answers on 22nd February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester asked Her Majesty’s Government whether the recent announcement to provide temporary basic accommodation to support prison leavers at risk of homelessness in five National Probation Service regions will include (1) women-only accommodation, and (2) provisions for specific support for vulnerable women with complex needs.
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The Bishop of London received the following written answer on 22nd February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of London asked Her Majesty’s Government, further to the outbreak of COVID-19 at Napier Barracks, what plans they have to end the use of such barracks as asylum accommodation; and if they have no such plans, what steps they intend to take to ensure (1) that social distancing measures are adhered to, and (2) that the dignity and freedom of residents is upheld.
Continue reading “Bishop of London asks about use of military barracks as asylum accommodation”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 22nd February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ethical implications of awarding public contracts to firms which (1) directly, or (2) indirectly, help to promote tax avoidance.
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The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on the efficacy of faith networks to communicate vaccine availability on 11th February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: I too add my congratulations to Her Majesty’s Government on an extraordinarily rollout of the vaccines. I pay tribute to all those involved, not least one group not often mentioned —the practice managers, who often work through the night. Can the Minister comment on the community champions scheme? Faith leaders across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, where I live, have been waiting to use our huge, extensive network of people on the ground to communicate with hard-to-reach groups, such as ethnic minorities and so on. Only now are we being brought into that opportunity. Will the Government commit to working with us, since we are keen to use all our resources to help get those messages out to those hard-to-reach groups?
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The Bishop of Coventry asked a question on resolution to the recent military coup in Myanmar, on 11th February 2021, highlighting the role of civic and religious leaders in the country in calling for peace and dialogue:
The Lord Bishop of Coventry: My Lords, will the Minister join me in paying tribute to the civic and religious leaders in Myanmar, including the respected Buddhist monk, Myawaddy Sayadaw, who is now in prison, and Cardinal Charles Bo, the Archbishop of Yangon, whose published message last week spoke out strongly against the coup, called for the release of everyone who had been detained, and implored demonstrators to remain non-violent? Given the cardinal’s words to the international community that
“Engaging the actors in reconciliation is the only path”,
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The Bishop of Coventry received the following written answer on 11th February 2021:
The Lord Bishop of Coventry asked Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the risk of ethnic cleansing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; and what discussions they have had with the government of Azerbaijan about the use of derogatory language that could increase the risk of conflict in that region.
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The Bishop of Coventry asked a question on UK aid to Yemen and government policies on arms sales to Saudi Arabia on 10th February 2021, following a government statement on the humanitarian situation in Yemen:
The Lord Bishop of Coventry: My Lords, the United Nations predicts that the number of Yemenis experiencing famine-like conditions will reach 47,000 by June, nearly triple that of December. In the light of the signals that US policy towards Yemen is changing, as we have heard, and the upcoming aid review, will the Government commit to at least maintaining their current aid commitments to Yemen? Further to earlier questions, does the Minister agree that the public find it hard to understand how the Government intend to reconcile their role of being both arms seller to Saudi Arabia and peacemaker and aid-giver in Yemen?
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