Oral QuestionChurch Commissioners

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church of England provides to hospital chaplains in the course of their ministry to the sick during the covid-19 outbreak.

Tabled: 12 May 2020Answered: 19 May 2020

Asked by

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

Answering Minister

the right hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

As I have said, when the deal is complete, I will put it before the House with the costings. The money yesterday was allocated to aid our capability and is the single biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the cold war.