Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Danny Kruger and Alexander Stafford

Thursday 21st January 2021 Commons Chamber

[Danny Kruger (Devizes) (Con)]

What additional support has been provided to the clergy and churches to help people attend church in person or online during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

[Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley) (Con)]

What additional support has been provided to the clergy and churches to help people attend church in person or online during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

[The Second Church Estates Commissioner (Andrew Selous)]

The Church is grateful to the Government for not imposing another national closure of religious buildings. It is right that parishes take local decisions on what to offer. There were nearly 36 million viewings of the Church’s Christmas “Comfort and Joy” series. For those who prefer the telephone, the DailyHope worship has received 350,000 free calls.