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identifier	227049
house id	1
answering dept id	9
min date	2018-12-10
min ddp modified	2018-12-10T17:24:02.378Z

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uin

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1079348

registered interest

date

28/02/2019

answering body

Church Commissioners

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Church Commissioners

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Church Commissioners

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George Bell

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what authority set down in the statutes of the Commissioners enabled the payment of £29,800 to meet damages and costs relating to the case of Bishop George Bell; and what steps the Commissioners took to scrutinise that settlement before they made over those funds.

tabling member constituency

Birkenhead

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Frank Field

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227049

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

12/03/2019

answer text

<p>The Church Commissioners have a discretion under the Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943, assessed on a case by case basis, to pay the costs of a bishop’s office, including costs in connection with legal claims. Requests to the Church Commissioners for assistance with legal costs are subject to scrutiny by the First Church Estates Commissioner and the QC Commissioner, assisted by staff, to ensure that costs are reasonable in the circumstances.</p>

answering member constituency

Meriden

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Dame Caroline Spelman

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12/03/2019 15:48:27

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312

label	Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

tabling member

478

label	Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead