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Christopher Chope Excerpts
Thursday 11th December 2014

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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We are not talking about the Baldry conservation trust, Mr Sheerman.

Christopher Chope Portrait Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con)
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Will the full might of the Church of England be deployed in support of the Bat Habitats Regulation Bill, which is due for a Second Reading on 16 January 2015? That Bill would protect churches and deregulate the system so that bats did not get a free ride inside our churches.

Tony Baldry Portrait Sir Tony Baldry
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As I think EU Commissioners have acknowledged, no one expected the EU habitats directive to cover places of worship.