On 6th January 2022, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answer to a question from an MP:
Rachael Maskell MP: To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress has been made with the Clergy Discipline Measure review.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Clergy Discipline”On 3rd December 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answers to questions from an MP:
Religious Freedom
Jim Shannon MP (DUP, Strangford): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church has made of where persecution of religion and belief is most concerning.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Answers: Religious Freedom and Support for Education”22nd November 2021
Baptism: Asylum
Chris Loder: [76831] To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many services the Church of England has conducted specifically for the purposes of Baptising people seeking asylum in each of the last five years.
Continue reading “Church Commissioner Written Answers: Asylum Seekers and Baptism”On 26th October 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answer to a question from an MP:
Gareth Davies MP (Con, Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations he has received from (a) lay parish members and (b) clergy on the Mission from (i) from Grantham and Stamford constituency and (ii) areas of England on the Mission in Revision Synod Paper (GS2222).
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Mission in Revision Paper”On 20th October 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answers to questions from an MP:
Kerry McCarthy MP (Lab, Bristol East): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how much has been paid in (a) tax rebates, including of VAT on repairs and (b) Gift Aid to Church of England bodies including (i) dioceses, (ii) parochial church councils, (iii) cathedrals, (iv) the Church Commissioners and (v) the Churches Conservation Trust in each of the last five years.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Church of England Assets and Finances”On 18th October 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answer to a question from an MP:
Jim Shannon MP (DUP, Strangford): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church Commissioners are taking to provide affordable, sustainable and beautiful housing to support community wellbeing on the Church estate.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Community Wellbeing”On 23rd September 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answer to a question from an MP:
Chris Loder MP (Con, West Dorset): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many clergy have taken their own lives in the last five years.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Suicide among members of the Clergy”On 16th September 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answers to questions from MPs:
Dr Matthew Offord MP (Con, Hendon): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will make representations to Church leaders on allowing people to marry in any church of their choosing.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Marriage, Appointment of Bishops”On 13th September 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answers to questions from an MP:
Alexander Stafford MP (Con, Rother Valley): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what most recent financial estimates the Church of England holds on the outstanding cost of fabric repairs to its parish churches.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Church Maintenance and Repairs”On 20th July 2021, Andrew Selous MP, representing the Church Commissioners, gave the following written answer to a question from an MP:
Rachael Maskell (Lab, York Central): To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what provisions will be put in place for people who remain concerned about covid-19 infection as singing is reintroduced in churches.
Continue reading “Church Commissioners Written Questions: Singing in Churches”
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