Marsha in Parliament - Battersea Labour Party

Church Commissioners: Charities

Church Commissioners

Marsha de Cordova received a response to a question they put to the government

The Church Commissioners' are a statutory body corporate and its charitable purposes are set out in a range of statutory provisions. There is no single instrument which specifies each of the...

Blind and Partially Sighted People: Employment Support - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

First, I thank all hon. and right hon. Members for their contributions. That includes the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), my hon. Friends the Members for Glenrothes and Mid Fife...

Blind and Partially Sighted People: Employment Support - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. Member touches on the Disability Confident scheme. Does he agree that for the scheme to be worth the paper it is written on, it needs to have proper quality frameworks in place, so that...

Blind and Partially Sighted People: Employment Support - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech, and I am pleased that he is talking about technology. Does he agree that many technology companies have cottoned on to the fact that if they make...

Blind and Partially Sighted People: Employment Support - [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered employment support for blind and partially sighted people. It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I am really pleased...

Church of England: Legal Costs

Church Commissioners

Marsha de Cordova received a response to a question they put to the government

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...

Public Buildings: Rural Areas

Church Commissioners

Marsha de Cordova received a response to a question they put to the government

Church buildings are community assets as well as places of worship and almost 80% of churches are involved in 35,000 social action projects annually. Church Halls are able to apply for support...

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and all the interventions in this debate have been incredible. As she says, representation is something that the Church of England is now taking...

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I congratulate my hon. Friend on her speech; she is setting out exactly why this small piece of legislation is so important. I also thank her for acknowledging that for 30 years, we have seen...

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend. It is truly an honour and a privilege to serve in that position. I want to acknowledge the trailblazing Bishop of Dover, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the first black woman to...

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

Indeed. Now the Bishop of Derby, Libby Lane is known for her dignified and thoughtful leadership, and her advocacy for children and young people. The first female Lord Spiritual was Rachel...

Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

Let me start by saying how pleased I am to be speaking in support of the Bill on Second Reading. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Minister on his opening remarks. In 2014, the Church of...

Visas: Gaza

Marsha de Cordova received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) creating a Gaza Family visa scheme modelled on the Ukraine Family Scheme visa...

Representation of the People

Commons debates

Forgive me for expanding on this issue slightly, but does my hon. Friend agree that we should consider other methods of voting? To be accessible, voting could be done digitally.

Representation of the People

Commons debates

The Minister is making an excellent point about broadening this out—veterans are a great first step—to other groups, in particular those who are disabled, or blind and partially...

Church of England: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Church Commissioners

Marsha de Cordova received a response to a question they put to the government

My responsibilities relate to the work of the seven National Church Institutions, and I can give best-practice advice about diocesan and parish activity. I would be happy to meet with the Hon....

Topical Questions

Business and Trade

Marsha de Cordova made a speech in the House of Commons

The all-party parliamentary group on eye health and visual impairment, which I chair, recently published its report, “Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives”, looking at employer...

Middle East

Commons debates

I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement, but thousands of my constituents in Battersea want an end to this violence and to Israel’s siege in northern Gaza, not to mention the...

Black History Month

Commons debates

I congratulate my hon. Friend on her speech, and I must say her shirt is lovely. She is making a vital point about reparations, and does she agree that while it is important that we look to the...

Black History Month

Commons debates

As the hon. Lady is talking about sport and football, it is only right that I pay tribute to my brother, who is a premier league footballer—Bobby Reid-De Cordova. He is doing an incredible...