| Heading: |
Church of England: Slavery |
| Question ID: |
1816904 |
| UIN: |
63009 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4679 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Neil O'Brien
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| Asking Member handle: |
NeilDotObrien
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@NeilDotObrien
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, for what reason the Church Commissioners have spent £5 million on Project Spire prior to approval from the Charity Commission. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4676 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Marsha De Cordova
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| Answering Member handle: |
Marshadecordova
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Marshadecordova
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| Answer text: |
The Church Commissioners has not spent that sum in connection with its response to historic links to African chattel enslavement (known by the project name Spire). Expenditure on this work to date has been limited to proportionate research into the Church... |
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| Answering body ID: |
9 |
| Answering body name: |
Church Commissioners |
| Tweeted: |
true |