Question follow-through · 88597
Slavery: Compensation
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what legal advice the Church of England has received on the proposed use of church funds for slavery reparations through the Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice.
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- Answering body
- Church Commissioners
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what legal advice the Church of England has received on the proposed use of church funds for slavery reparations through the Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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24 Nov 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member for Romford to the written answer to the question asked by the Hon. Member for the Weald of Kent published on 6 May 2025 (UIN 47114). Any legal advice received is subject to legal privilege in the usual wayAn application to the Cha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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