Church of England in Parliament
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Church of England Parliamentary office, working with Lords Spiritual, MPs, Peers & staff in Palace of Westminster. Account maintained by @selsdonchapman
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https://churchinparliament.org/about/ 17-03-2009 13:42:11
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I’m grateful to the Archdeacon of Auckland in Diocese of Durham for sharing this information and to the Select Committee and its Chair Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 for publishing it. It’s important that the facts are known and in the public domain.
This week Guli Francis-Dehqani attended the final Lords stages of the Rwanda Bill. She describes it as 'a dark moment in our country’s history...I still believe the Bill does not reflect who we are & does not espouse the values I see at work in our communities' chelmsford.anglican.org/news/bishop-gu…
Glad to be a signatory with Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of York & ecumenical partners: 'we wish to express our profound gratitude to those who live out Jesus’s call..to welcome the stranger, through their work with asylum seekers and refugees..in the face of opposition and prejudice'
Last week House of Lords I asked a supplementary question about the impact of flooding on food security. I’ve stood on beaches in Tonga and seen how rising sea levels are affecting island communities too. This is a growing issue impacting all aspects of life including sport 👇
Yesterday in the Lords Nick Baines asked questions of Andrew Neil who was giving evidence to the House of Lords Communications & Digital Committee Lords Communications and Digital Committee for its inquiry into the future of news.
Calling all politicians to work *together* to solve England’s housing crisis. #LongTermHousingStrategy
'We have no long-term housing plan. Here's why the Church of England is stepping up to fix it' - Guli Francis-Dehqani writes for the Big Issue in advance of today's parliamentary launch of the HomesForAllEngland report.
Nationwide Foundation CaCHE David Orr
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Today Archbishop of Canterbury & Guli Francis-Dehqani will be in the Lords launching 'Homes for All: a Vision for England's Housing System', in partnership with Nationwide Foundation & others. This article in Big Issue gives more details: bigissue.com/news/housing/a…