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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-01-08more like thismore than 2016-01-08
answering body
Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept id 9 more like this
answering dept short name Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept sort name Church Commissioners more like this
hansard heading Floods: Blackburn more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps Anglican congregations within the Diocese of Blackburn have taken to help people affected by flooding that took place over Christmas 2015. more like this
tabling member constituency Preston more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Mark Hendrick more like this
uin 21701 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2016-01-13more like thismore than 2016-01-13
answer text <p>The Diocese of Blackburn has been coordinating with its local Gold Command support centre and with Churches Together. Within Preston the Diocese and local churches have set up an emergency centre at the railway station. An additional emergency centre was also set up in Morecambe alongside smaller centres supported by the Diocese in Ribchester and Walton le Dale. In St Michael’s on Wyre the church has also been offering support to the army who were deployed in the parish.</p><p>These centres have been an invaluable support to local communities as a central hub for information and support. In addition local communities have been providing hot food and warm clothing to those who have been flooded out and to relief workers. Churches Together in Lancashire have been coordinating a wider response amongst local denominations and this has enabled many local churches to respond quickly and in those places where their help is most needed.</p><br /> more like this
answering member constituency Meriden more like this
answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-01-13T17:00:41.603Zmore like thismore than 2016-01-13T17:00:41.603Z
answering member
312
label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman more like this
tabling member
473
label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick remove filter