HC Deb 12 January 2004 vol 416 c491W
Hugh Bayley

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners whether the Church Commissioners have made representations to the Government about changing the law to enable the courts to declare bankrupt a cathedral or other church or body that becomes unable to pay its debts. [146236]

Sir Stuart Bell

The Church Commissioners have made no representations to the Government about the present state of the relevant law.