Early sight of oral questions to the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners on Jan 21

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

Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the effectiveness of partnerships between local authorities and faith groups in providing support to vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak.(911079)

Janet Daby (Lewisham East): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress the Church of England has made on its work to help tackle the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.(911082)

Danny Kruger (Devizes): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what additional support has been provided to the clergy and churches to help people attend church in person or online during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.(911084)

Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what additional support has been provided to the clergy and churches to help people attend church in person or online during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.(911086)

Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Anglican Communion is taking to tackle the persecution of Christians.(911088)

Chris Loder (West Dorset): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to promote regenerative agriculture on its landholdings.(911089)

Mark Eastwood (Dewsbury): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on Church of England landholdings.(911090)

Henry Smith (Crawley): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking across the worldwide Anglican Communion to tackle the persecution of Christians during the covid-19 pandemic.(911091)

Jerome Mayhew (Broadland): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to assess the efficacy on its land of zero-till conservation agriculture in promoting increased soil health, reduced use of carbon, biodiversity gain and carbon sequestration.(911092)

Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church of England is providing to schools during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.(911095)