Oral Question·Church Commissioners
“To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of trends in the level of persecution of people for their religion or belief in 2021.”
Tabled: 15 July 2021Answered: 22 July 2021
Asked by
Sir Desmond Swayne
Conservative — New Forest West
Answering Minister
the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
Gareth Thomas
We have had one or two questions on this topic, and the hon. Member will therefore not be surprised by my answer. I gently point out that the difficult decisions we took on employer’s national insurance contributions in the Budget were a direct result of the mess the Conservative party, which he supported so enthusiastically, left for this Government.