Oral questions

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of people with permanent passes to the Parliamentary estate have tested positive for covid-19.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to increase the number of regular church attendees during the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions the Commissioners have had with Government Ministers on covid-19 attendance restrictions for baptisms, weddings and funerals.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to implement the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse investigation report on the Anglican Church, published in October 2020.

To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what assessment the Sponsor Body has made of the potential merits of establishing the Parliamentary estate and its immediate environs as a planning authority.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what representations the Committee has received from the Electoral Commission on the regulation of digital campaigning.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress the Church of England is making on increasing participation in worship, weddings and other ceremonies.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Committee has had on whether to recommend the reappointment of the Chair of the Commission.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to ensure widespread electoral (a) registration and (b) participation in the May 2021 local elections.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the economic effect on parishes of the inability to rent out church premises during the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to help ensure public confidence in the impartiality of the Electoral Commission.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Committee has made of the Electoral Commission’s capacity to hold (a) postponed and (b) planned elections in 2021.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to ensure widespread electoral (a) registration and (b) participation in the May 2021 local elections.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of the Church of England’s estate is covered with woodland.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to maintain its political independence.