Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) countries where there is extreme persecution of Christians are Commonwealth members: Nigeria, Pakistan and India - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Of course, that is true of many other faith communities and organisations not connected with religious - Speech Link
3: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) We must continue to ensure that our Government calls for the freedom of religious belief and for people - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) According to the US State Department’s 2021 report on international religious freedom in relation to - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) and cultural heritage working group of the International Religious Freedom of Belief Alliance, which - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is important not just for Tibet, but for China and India. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) In Modi’s India, with extremist groups such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, we see an environment - Speech Link
2: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) As a former British envoy for religious freedom, I worked with him in the other place. - Speech Link
3: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) I thought the whole thing about freedom of expression and respect was difference of opinion; freedom - Speech Link
4: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) Whether in India, France, China or Iran, I believe it should be up to women to choose what they wear. - Speech Link
5: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) In India, Prime Minister Modi has introduced discriminatory anti-Muslim legislation and anti-Muslim mob - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) of religion; freedom of expression; freedom of assembly and association; the right to work, which interestingly - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) None the less, I would have tried to be there because I very much believe in freedom of religious belief - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) While we can take for granted the fundamental rights of freedom of belief, freedom of speech, human dignity - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Act in the 1940s, which left many Tamils stateless, to the deportation of many thousands of Tamils to India - Speech Link
2: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) Lanka needs to be looked at, and that includes the growing role of China and of course the influence of India - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The report notes that that practice is one of the biggest impediments to religious freedom in the Northern - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) That clearly has troubling implications for freedom of religion or belief. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) international climate finance and other aspects of official development assistance, important progress in India - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We have an interest in issues relating to persecution and freedom of religious belief, and in how we - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Ukraine’s fight is our fight for freedom, democracy and democratic values. - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) India has been walking the tightrope of studied neutrality. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hussain (LD - Life peer) After the war, my family witnessed the partition of India, the war in Kashmir in 1948 to 1949, the India-Pakistan - Speech Link
4: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (XB - Life peer) Guru Nanak, whose birthday Sikhs celebrate this week, looking at the mainly religious conflicts of his - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Singh, talked from a Sikh point of view, from a religious perspective, with reflections - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) and educational attainment are on my heart.The footsteps of the northern saints who mapped out the religious - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) , as the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Newcastle highlighted in her excellent maiden speech, religious - Speech Link
3: Lord Ranger of Northwood (Con - Life peer) In a world where we are still fighting wars over religious differences, I hope that this country —my - Speech Link
4: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) A 2019 Freedom House report, entitled Media Freedom: A Downward Spiral, said:“The fundamental right to - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) From there, on Friday evening and Saturday, I saw the religious leaders—the Christian leaders of the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) There was the partition of India and Pakistan because Muslims and Hindus could not co-exist, which created - Speech Link
3: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) is willing to implement its aims by the murder, torture and abduction of Jews, however young or old, religious - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I hope that we can move forward without compromising our commitment to freedom. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) It is no kind of religious ideology. It is the hijacking of a noble faith. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) When a woman or girl has access to contraception, she has freedom. - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) Equality and Inclusive Development has done remarkable studies in India, South Africa and Uganda showing - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Pakistan, where Christians and Hindus are victimised, and we find the same thing in its neighbour, India - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Member for Strangford spoke about how conflict affects freedom of religion and belief, and the hon. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) At the G20 leaders meeting in India, our Prime Minister pledged $2 billion to the green climate fund, - Speech Link