Project Spire

Commons Oral Questions Church Commissioners 16 April 2026 View on Hansard ↗
Related topics: Government and public administration Society and culture charity application church charity commission historical enslavement response project spire
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Sir Desmond Swayne Con
3. What recent discussions the Church has had with the Charity Commission on Project Spire.
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Marsha De Cordova
The Church engages with the Charity Commission on a range of issues, and the Church Commissioners have held informal discussions with it on Project Spire, which is the Church’s response to address its historical connections to the transatlantic enslavement of Africans.
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Is the Church going to launch a new charity? If so, when, and why the delay?
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Marsha De Cordova
I could refer the right hon. Member to the many answers I have given to written and oral questions on this issue. As I have said, the Church is having informal discussions with the Charity Commission, and it is currently preparing an application, but it has not yet been submitted.

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