Oral & written questions in the Lords and Commons
The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 12th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to engage positively with Muslim communities, including the Muslim Council of Britain.
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The Bishop of St Albans and the Bishop of Leeds received the following written answer on 12th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of Leeds asked His Majesty’s Government:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked what assessment they have made of the M23 rebel group taking control of Goma; and whether they intend to call on Rwanda to withdraw support to the M23 rebels and withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The Bishop of Winchester received the following written answer on 12th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of Winchester asked His Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that aid distributed to displaced people in Nigeria reaches those displaced by violence in central states committed by armed non-state actors.
Continue reading “Bishop of Winchester asks about aid to internally displaced populations in Nigeria”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 12th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what representations they intend to make to the government of Iran concerning the execution sentences of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani.
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The Bishop of Chelmsford received the following written answers on 12th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford asked His Majesty’s Government what is their timeline for the full implementation of the ATLAS caseworking system; and whether they expect it to be fully operational in 2025.
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On 11th February 2025, the Bishop of St Albans asked a question on ensuring fairness for rural communities during local government reorganisation:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: My Lords, to build on that question, there is a lot of concern in rural areas that where they are to be added to a large unitary authority which is dominated by an urban area, they might miss out. What will be put into the criteria to ensure that there is fairness of services in those rural areas?
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about local government for rural areas”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 11th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the potential role of beavers in restoring England’s chalk streams.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about role of beavers in restoring chalk streams”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 11th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the productivity of businesses where employees work a permanent four-day working week.
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The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on social, ethnic, and religious barriers preventing those in disadvantaged areas from seeking cancer treatment on 10th February 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: My Lords, a year ago this very afternoon, this very moment, I was in a surgery having a radical prostatectomy. I pay tribute to Professor Vasdev and his amazing team at Lister Hospital for the exceptional treatment I received. He is one of many fabulous people working in our NHS. The discrepancies, though, of diagnosis and treatment are stark in different parts of the country. Having worked in some of the more disadvantaged areas in the past, I am acutely aware of those. What are His Majesty’s Government’s going to do, as the plan is developed, to ensure that we look at the religious, social and ethnic barriers which are stopping groups coming forward to receive diagnosis and treatment? Will they particularly focus on how we can address these to try to support those in the most disadvantaged parts of our country?
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about barriers to cancer treatment”The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on the issue of supplying aid and medical supplies to hospitals in Gaza on 10th February 2025, following a repeat of a Commons Statement on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: Reports coming out of the country show the desperate need to get not only aid but medical supplies there. I pay tribute to His Majesty’s Government for all that they have done so far, but the issue is how we get aid and medical supplies in. In particular, reports are coming out that the Anglican-run al-Ahli Hospital is in a desperate state. What else can His Majesty’s Government do to ensure that we get medicine and supplies in there and to other medical facilities?
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