Written questions

Slavery: Compensation

Commons · Question 88600 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Church Commissioners · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether she has made an assessment of the compatibility of (a) ‘Project Spire’ and (b) the ‘Fund for Healing, Repair, and Justice’ with the trustee obligations of the Board of Go

Answer

Answered by Marsha De Cordova, 19 Nov 2025

Yes, the Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners has made an assessment of its legal obligations so far as they relate to its response to its predecessor’s links with African chattel enslavement (known internally by the programme/project name ‘Spir...