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Church of Ireland

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 68721

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to re-establish the Church of Ireland as the established church of Northern Ireland.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The United Kingdom has two established churches, the Church of England and the Church of Scotland. The church was disestablished in Ireland in 1871 and in Wales in 1920. There are no plans to change the current arrangements.

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