Oral questions

To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what the planned timescale is for a response by the Government to the National Audit Office's report on Local government and net zero in England, published in July 2021.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support social prescribing within its communities.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what guidance the Church of England is providing on (a) singing in church and (b) public worship following the move to Step 4 of the covid-19 roadmap on 19 July 2021.

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 potential effect of the proposal in the Elections Bill to introduce a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission on the ability of the Commission to discharge its functions.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of trends in the level of persecution of people for their religion or belief in 2021.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of trends in the level of persecution of people for their religion or belief in 2021.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of trends in the level of persecution of people for their religion or belief in 2021.

To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what recent estimate that Body has made of the total cost of the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the adequacy of the data on electoral fraud used in support of Government proposals to introduce voter ID.

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment the Committee has made on the potential effect of proposed voter ID laws on electoral participation.

To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what assessment that Body has made of the procurement opportunities for businesses in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency as part of the restoration and renewal programme.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Commissioners have made of the effect of the charging of VAT on church repairs on the affordability of undertaking those repairs.

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure a covid-19 secure workplace for House of Commons staff following the lifting of restrictions on 19 July 2021.

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to progress implementation of the Anti-Racism Taskforce recommendations.