Once a month the Second Church Estates Commissioner takes questions on the floor of the House of Commons. Traditionally this has focussed on the finances, investments and work of the Commissioners. In recent years the scope of question time has been widened to include other issues relating to the Church.
The oral question time slot is 15 minutes and it is shared with the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission and the Public Accounts Commission.
Questions (both oral and written) to the Second Church Estates Commissioner in this Parliamentary session (2012-13) can be seen below, ordered by category:
Kettering Street Pastors [7 Mar 2013] Charitable Work [7 Mar 2013] Chancel Repair Liability [5 Feb 2013] Answering Parliamentary Questions [25 Jan2013] Answering Named Day Parliamentary Questions [25 Jan2013] New Diocese of Leeds [25 Oct 2012] Chancel Repair Liability [22 Oct 2012] Leasehold Property [14 Sept 2012] Sale of Churches [5 July 2012]
King Richard III (Reburial) [7 Mar 2013] Churches: Repairs and Maintenance [5 Feb] Metal Theft [12 Nov 2012] Scrap Metal Bill [9 Nov 2012 - Speech During Third Reading of Private Members Bill] Metal Theft [12 Oct 2012] Metal Theft [25 Oct 2012] Theft from War Memorials [25 Oct 2012] Proposals for Burrial of King Richard III [25 Oct 2012] Proposals for Burrial fo King Richard III [25 Oct 2012] Value of Cathedrals to the Nation [25 Oct 2012] Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme [5 July 2012] Metal Theft [5 July 2012] Metal Theft [2 July 2012] Metal Theft [18 June 2012] Metal Theft [24 May 2012] Metal Theft [24 May 2012] VAT on Listed Churches [21 May 2012]
Syria's Christian Population [25 Oct 2012]
House of Lords Reform [5 July 2012] Succession to the Crown [22 Jan 2013 - Speech During Second Reading of Government Bill]
Religious Education in Schools [24 Jan 2013] Church of England Schools Admissions [5 July 2012]
Dementia Care [29 Nov 2012]
Pilgrimage of Prayer (Canterbury) [7 Mar 2013] Archbishop of Canterbury [7 Mar 2013] Rural Parish Priests [5 July 2012]
Same Sex Marriage Bill [5 Feb 2013 - Speech During Second Reading of Government Bill] Marriage [12 Feb 2013] Same Sex Marriage [24 Jan 2013] Same Sex Marriage [24 Jan 2013] Civil Partnerships [24 Jan 2013] Same Sex Marraige [10 Jan 2013 - Question to the Leader of the House of Commons] Same Sex Marriage [11 Dec 2012 - Debate Responding to Government Consultation] Same Sex Marraige [10 Dec 2012 - Responce to the Government Statement] Weddings in the Church of England [6 Dec 2012] Same Sex Marriage f [16 Oct 2012]
Centenary of World War One Anniversary [2 July 2012]
Women Bishops [7 Mar 2013] Women Bishops [24 Jan 2013] Female Bishops [14 Jan 2013] Female Bishops [20 Dec 2013] Women Bishops [12 Dec 2012 - Debate in House of Commons] Women Bishops [6 Dec 2012] Women Bishops [6 Dec 2012] Women Bishops [6 Dec 2012] Women Bishops [6 Dec 2012] Women Bishops [6 Dec 2012] Women Bishops General Synod Vote Result [5 Dec 2012] Women Bishops [22 Nov 2012 - Urgent Question for the Curch of England] Women Bishops [25 Oct 2012] Women Bishops [25 Oct 2012] Women Bishops [5 July 2012]
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