Oral Question·Church Commissioners
“To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church has made an assessment of the potential merits of specific legislative protections for significant church organs.”
Tabled: 13 February 2025Answered: 27 February 2025
Asked by
Patricia Ferguson
Labour — Glasgow West
Answering Minister
the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
Marsha De Cordova
My hon. Friend will know that I do not answer for the Church of Scotland, and that heritage and culture is a devolved matter, but when a parish church is to close, the Church of England tries to secure a new home for its instruments, working with local authorities, the diocese and national heritage bodies. I believe that the Church of Scotland is taking similar steps.