Backbench Business Committee
8 September 2026
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Backbench Business Committee House of Commons
00:01 - 00:24
Speaker 3
Order, order. Welcome to the meeting of the Backbench Business Committee where we'll be considering applications from colleagues for debates in the main chamber and also in Westminster Hall. The first debate request is from John Glen for the future funding of our English cathedrals. This is a request for a half-day debate in the chamber. Over to you, John.
00:24 - 01:18
Speaker 1
Thank you very much, Chair. I really appreciate the opportunity to be here on behalf of I think a significant interest for the country but also members as 42 cathedrals in England. And as the MP representing Salisbury and Salisbury Cathedral, I'm very keen to explore if there's will of the committee to give us time to look at a recent report that has been commissioned to look into the sort of economic and wider impact of cathedrals in communities up and down the country. I've secured a significant interest from at least firm interest from about 15 colleagues, but there are 42. We haven't chased down all their offices yet, but I'm pretty confident we're going to get a much larger number.
The issue of the funding of cathedrals...
01:18 - 01:24
Speaker 3
Could I just stop you there? Because on the application in front of us, we only have eight names listed.
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