To support and promote the interests of British Hindus to Parliament; to encourage political parties in the UK to actively engage with the British Hindu community; to consider campaigns and issues on behalf of British Hindus; to press for more government engagement with the Hindu community; to highlight and acknowledge the exceptional and significant contribution of the British Hindu community in all walks of life.
1. India: Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019
25/02/2020 - Grand Committee
2. Recent Violence in India
03/03/2020 - Commons Chamber
3. Pakistan: Aid Programmes and Human Rights
02/07/2019 - Grand Committee
4. India: Persecution of Minority Groups
12/01/2021 - Westminster Hall
5. Persecution of Ahmadis
23/11/2020 - Commons Chamber
1. India: Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019
25/02/2020 - Grand Committee
1: pointed to changing attitudes. The British, for example, favoured Hindus after the 1857 rebellion as assisting - Speech Link
2: they will be predominantly non-Muslim—they will be Hindus, Parsis or Sikhs, but not Muslims. It is possible - Speech Link
3: citizenship.India is the historical home of Hindus and Sikhs, and it is these minorities who have - Speech Link
2. Recent Violence in India
03/03/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: Foreign Secretary is in Turkey today.The British high commission in New Delhi and our extensive - Speech Link
2: “India for the Hindus.” The CAA has generated nationwide protests by Muslims and secular Hindus, prompting - Speech Link
3: As recently as mid-February, officials from the British high commission raised our concerns about the impact - Speech Link
3. Pakistan: Aid Programmes and Human Rights
02/07/2019 - Grand Committee
1: 70 years later, Pakistan’s Ahmadis, Christians, Hindus and minorities, such as the last 4,000 remaining - Speech Link
2: religious minorities, especially Christians and Hindus.In Pakistan, most of these minorities are - Speech Link
3: are subjected to unspeakable violence. Where is British aid money being spent? Will Her Majesty’s Government - Speech Link
4. India: Persecution of Minority Groups
12/01/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: persecution currently being experienced in India by non-Hindus is very worrying and disturbing.I talked - Speech Link
2: Christians, those who are Muslims, and those who are Hindus.This move bears worrying similarities to - Speech Link
3: is integral to India—80% of the population are Hindus—and it is the most wonderful religion. Those who - Speech Link
5. Religious Intolerance and Prejudice
17/10/2018 - Lords Chamber
1: memorial to the Holocaust here at home. Leading British architect Sir David Adjaye has been appointed to - Speech Link
2: convergence of attacks on Jewish, black and Muslim British citizens all at the same time. I am not aware of - Speech Link
3: marginalised are, in some way, not considered to be fully British. Anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, anti-Hindu, anti-Sikh - Speech Link
asked by: Baroness Lister of Burtersett
17/11/2020
... what the process is for doing so. 2. British Nationality: British Overseas Territories
asked by: Baroness Lister of Burtersett
13/08/2020
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what rights to enter the UK will be accorded to Hong Kong residents who were British Overseas Territories citizens until 1997. 3. British Nationality: British Overseas Territories
asked by: Baroness Lister of Burtersett
25/03/2020
... or (4) one year. 4. British National (Overseas): British Nationality
asked by: Baroness Northover
29/06/2020
... how many years it is proposed that BNO status holders and their dependants will have to be continuously resident in the United Kingdom before being eligible to apply for ILR. 5. British Nationality: British Overseas Territories
asked by: Baroness Lister of Burtersett
26/02/2020
... what discussions they have had with British Overseas Territories about the access to citizenship by children of fathers from such territories who were not married to the children's mothers; and what plans they have to address this issue in any forthcoming immigration bill.
5 Current APPG Officers
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Alevis , Antisemitism , Azerbaijan , Bahá'í Faith , Bangladesh , Beer , British Jews , Building Communities , Commonwealth , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Dark Skies , Equitable Life Policyholders , Foreign Affairs , Holocaust Memorial , Homelessness , Housing and Social Mobility , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , Internet, Communications and Technology , Israel , Nepal , Night Time Economy , Parks and Green Spaces , Pension Scams , Renters and Rental Reform , Romania , Sixth Form Education , SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders , Smoking and Health , Sri Lanka , Tamils , Thalassaemia , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics
Antisemitism , Apprenticeships , Canada , Cyprus , Dark Skies , Events , Nursery Schools, Nursery and Reception Classes , Rail , Tamils , Test APPG - 1 , Test APPG - 2 , Woods and Trees
Carbon Monoxide , Chalk Streams , Digital Regulation and Responsibility , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , Learning Disability , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , South Western Railway , United Nations Women , Women in Parliament , Women, Peace and Security
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Bahá'í Faith , British Sikhs , Building Communities , Cameroon , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drug Policy Reform , Fair Business Banking , Fairs and Showgrounds , Financial Markets and Services , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Gaps in Support , HIV and AIDS , Hospitality and Tourism , Immigration Detention , India , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , International Students , Jazz Appreciation , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Markets , Maternity , Mortgage Prisoners , Museums , Ovarian Cancer , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Students , Terminal Illness , Theatre , Ticket Abuse , University , Votes at 16 , Working at Height , Yemen
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bangladesh , British Council , Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK (CANZUK) , Crossrail , Down Syndrome , Gaps in Support , Gasworks Redevelopment , Global Tuberculosis , Heart Valve Disease , Hong Kong , Honour Based Abuse , India , Indian Traditional Sciences , London's Planning and Built Environment , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Micromobility , Nepal , Nutrition for Growth , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Sixth Form Education , Social Integration , Sri Lanka , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics , Youth Affairs
Contact Details
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Bob Blackman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7082.
Email: bob.blackman.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Mayuri Parmar, Parmar Advisory, Telecom House, Preston Road, Brighton BN1 6AF. Tel: 07903 820 435
No benefits in kind are on record for the British Hindus APPG
No direct financial benefits are on record for the British Hindus APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Lord Dholakia
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Antisemitism , Bangladesh , Beer , Death Penalty , Estonia , Honour Based Abuse , India , Nepal , Republic of Korea , Taiwan , Vietnam
Mike Gapes
Secretary
The Independent Group for Change - Former Member for Ilford South
Joined: 5th November 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Matthew Offord
Vice Chair
Conservative - Hendon
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 23rd October 2019
Albania , Antisemitism , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Channel Islands , Environment , Explosive Threats , Israel , Kosovo , Kuwait , Ocean Conservation , Pakistan , Republic of Iraq , Small Island Developing States , Somaliland , Sri Lanka