Thursday 18th January 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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I encourage the hon. Gentleman to take that matter up directly with the Secretary of State at Scotland Office questions.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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Only Iran and the House of Lords, with its bishops, incorporate religious clerics into their legislatures, and next week in the House of Commons we will have Church of England questions. May we have a debate in Government time about moving away from a medieval set-up and separating the UK state from the Church?