Oral QuestionChurch Commissioners

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent assessment the Commissioners have made of the effectiveness of the contribution of Church (a) schools and (b) universities to the education system in England.

Tabled: 3 February 2020Answered: 6 February 2020

Asked by

Stuart Anderson

ConservativeSouth Shropshire

Answering Minister

the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Equalities (Seema Malhotra)

The rise in antisemitism is unacceptable; antisemitism has no place in Britain. It requires a whole-of-society response. That is why we are strengthening policing, and investing in record protective security funding to keep Jewish communities safe. We are also clamping down on antisemitic extremism, tackling antisemitism in schools and universities, ensuring that Arts Council England withdraws funding from those who promote antisemitism, and accepting all the recommendations in Lord Mann’s review on antisemitism and racism in the health service.