Debates between Tessa Munt and Rachel Gilmour during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Tessa Munt and Rachel Gilmour
Wednesday 22nd January 2025

(1 week, 5 days ago)

Westminster Hall
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Tessa Munt Portrait Tessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills) (LD)
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Bradley Thomas) on calling this debate and I also congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller), Hazel Grove (Lisa Smart), South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings), Taunton and Wellington (Gideon Amos) and Ely and East Cambridgeshire (Charlotte Cane) on the points they have made.

Rachel Gilmour Portrait Rachel Gilmour (Tiverton and Minehead) (LD)
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In my beautiful constituency of Tiverton and Minehead, I have 25 grade I listed churches. There is hardly a village that does not have a grade I listed church and churches with other statuses. I hope the hon. Member agrees that, without this grant, there are dark days ahead for these communities.