Early sight of oral questions to the the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners on Nov 26

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a call list of questions will be published nearer the time.

Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church of England has made to the Government on the importance of public worship during periods of covid-19 lockdown.(909344)

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of agricultural land owned by the Church of England is high-quality grade 1 and 2 farmland.(909345)

Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support churches to conduct Christmas services during the covid-19 outbreak.(909347)

Conor McGinn (St Helens North): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent assessment the Commissioners have made of the effectiveness of the process of appeal against consistory court decisions to the Provincial court of the Archbishop.(909348)

Karl McCartney (Lincoln): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to secure the long-term financial stability of the parish church network following the covid-19 outbreak.(909349)

Sir David Amess (Southend West): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England has taken to support local communities throughout the covid-19 outbreak.(909350)

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to prevent the persecution of Christians throughout the world.(909351)

Dr Neil Hudson (Penrith and The Border): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help ensure that people can safely celebrate Advent and Christmas during the covid-19 outbreak.(909352)

Jacob Young (Redcar): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help ensure that people can safely celebrate Advent and Christmas during the covid-19 outbreak.(909353)

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Commissioners have had with the chairman of the Association of English Cathedrals on services during Christmastide; and if he will make a statement.(909354)

Ruth Jones (Newport West): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the publication of the November 2020 Church of England report entitled Living in Love and Faith, what steps the Church is taking to encourage parishes to discuss sexuality and methods of supporting their own LGBT communities.(909357)

Fleur Anderson (Putney): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Anglican Communion has taken to help tackle gender-based violence throughout the world.(909367)

Mick Whitley (Birkenhead): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church of England has had with the Government on the observance of (a) Advent and Christmas and (b) other public worship after 2 December 2020.(909371)