Written Question·Church Commissioners·UIN 47117

Church of England: Slavery

Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Katie Lam

ConservativeWeald of Kent

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners plan to set up a new charity to administer Project Spire, in the context of the Bishop of Salisbury’s comments at the General Synod in February 2

Answer

Marsha De Cordova
Subject to the decision of trustees and the approval of the Charity Commission, the Church Commissioners plan to set up a new charitable fund, which they propose to call the Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice, as part of the delivery of Project Spire.