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The Lord Bishop of St Albans

Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 January 2025

Debate

Listed Historic Buildings

Contribution

My Lords, the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme comes to an end in April. It represents a group of buildings that host hundreds of thousands of weddings, baptisms and funerals, right at the heart of their communities—and 80% of those buildings host some 31,000 social action projects, such as warm spaces and food banks. Will the Minister ask her ministerial colleagues whether they would be prepared to answer the correspondence from the Church of England on the future of this scheme? Would she personally be willing to meet my right reverend friend the Bishop of Bristol and her team to discuss this as a matter of urgency?

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