Oral QuestionChurch Commissioners

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church of England is providing to Christians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Tabled: 8 January 2026Answered: 15 January 2026

Asked by

Douglas McAllister

LabourWest Dunbartonshire

Answering Minister

the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners

Answer from Hansard

Marsha De Cordova

The situation in Palestine in beyond devastating. The Church continues to support the Anglican province of Jerusalem. During advent last year, the Archbishop of York visited the west bank and met Christian Palestinian families affected by settler violence and witnessed tensions at first hand. The Church of Scotland and the Scottish Episcopal Church are also working with the Palestinian community’s senior clergy and visited the Tent of Nations to promote peace and justice.