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Martin Vickers Excerpts
Thursday 28th November 2024

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Commons Chamber
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Martin Vickers Portrait Martin Vickers (Brigg and Immingham) (Con)
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It is not just in Northumberland where there are many historic churches. The village of Ashby cum Fenby in my constituency has recently shown that the local community will come together to support their local church, but vital to that is leadership. With priests spread throughout so many different parishes, it becomes more and more difficult to provide that leadership. Can the hon. Lady give an assurance that the Church will do all it can to ensure that our smaller villages are not neglected, and that there are regular services and leadership by the ordained priest?

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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There is only a tenuous link there, so good luck with that.