Oral & written questions in the Lords and Commons
The Bishop of Sheffield received the following written answers on 2nd December 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Sheffield asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Official Development Assistance budget for 2025–26 is spent on development overseas rather than on in-donor refugee support expenses.
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The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham received the following written answer on 2nd December 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation in the report The Voices of Supported Lodgings: Strong foundations for our future, published by Homes for Good and Safe Families on 16 October, that the Government should introduce a ‘supported lodgings lead’ within every regional care co-operative with responsibility for supported lodgings provision.
Continue reading “Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham asks about supported lodgings provision”The Bishop of Sheffield received the following written answer on 2nd December 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Sheffield asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report UK Poverty 2024: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK, published on 23 January, that of all entrants into first class undergraduate degrees in 2021–22, “just one per cent had a parent who was long-term unemployed or had never worked”; and what steps they are taking to reduce this educational attainment gap.
Continue reading “Bishop of Sheffield asks about educational attainment gap”On 28th November 2024, the Bishop of Winchester asked a question on the provision of mental health support for asylum seekers housed at the former MOD site in Wethersfield
The Lord Bishop of Winchester: My Lords, reports by Doctors of the World and Médecins Sans Frontières speak of the high levels of psychological distress experienced by many of the residents who are accommodated at Wethersfield, and this is corroborated by those from the diocese of Chelmsford volunteering on site. Can the Minister say what access there is to therapeutic mental health support on site, especially for those suffering from complex conditions such as PTSD?
Continue reading “Bishop of Winchester asks about mental health support for detained asylum seekers”On 28th November 2024, the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Marsha De Cordova MP, gave the following answers to questions from MPs in the House of Commons:
The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 28th November 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government how much of their recently announced £10.3 million of additional funding to Bangladesh is dedicated to supporting Rohingya refugees.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about support for Rohingya refugees”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 28th November 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure better co-ordination of guidance given to medical practitioners, teachers, and faith leaders on reporting and protecting girls from female genital mutilation.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about issues affecting women and girls”The Bishop of Winchester asked a question on government plans to recognise Cornish identity within the future Council of the Nations and Regions on 27th November 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Winchester: My Lords, given that the UK Government have recognised the distinctive identity of the Cornish through the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, can the Minister say whether there are any plans to recognise that identity within the Council of the Nations and Regions, irrespective of whether they vote for a mayor? I note that the Cornish do not take kindly to being called English.
Continue reading “Bishop of Winchester asks about recognition of Cornish regional identity”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 27th November 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to increase prosecution rates against those who have committed offences relating to female genital mutilation.
Lord Hermer (Lab, Attorney General): This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade and addressing female genital mutilation (FGM) is critical to achieving this.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about prosecutions for female genital mutilation”The Bishop of Winchester received the following written answer on 27th November 2024:
The Bishop of Winchester asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to implement the 22 recommendations set out in the Bishop of Truro’s independent review of Foreign and Commonwealth Office support for persecuted Christians, published in July 2019; and what is their timescale for doing so.
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