Churches and Religious Buildings: Communities - 13th May 2025

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Churches and Religious Buildings: Communities.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-05-13/debates/92C77C42-5616-43FC-842C-C24498C13008/ChurchesandReligiousBuildingsCommunities

09:30 Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

Although a core activity of churches is worship, they do so much more. They are pillars for community, social action, culture and heritage. They support the national economy, offer apprenticeships for key trade and craft skills and are collectively one of the largest commissioners of the arts in the UK. They are drivers of regeneration and place making. They are well on their way to achieving net zero by 2030 across all their buildings. They are involved in running or supporting food banks, groups for the elderly or vulnerable, and parent and toddler groups, often in the places where they are most needed. They offer warm spaces during the winter. During the winter months in Battersea, St Peter’s, St Michael’s, St Barnabas’s and the Ascension church host night shelters, which I had the pleasure of visiting last winter.

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