| Heading: |
Elish Angiolini |
| Question ID: |
1789431 |
| UIN: |
42043 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5169 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Charlie Dewhirst
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| Asking Member handle: |
charliedewhirst
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@charliedewhirst
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department held on the eligibility of Lady Elish Angiolini for the position of Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland when her appointment was announced. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
632 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answering Member handle: |
D_G_Alexander
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@D_G_Alexander
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Following the announcement in December of last year that Lady Elish Angiolini was to be appointed as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, it became clear that there is a legal restriction against a Catholic person bein... |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |