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Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Thu 21 Sep 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) We share those values of democracy, freedom and peace; they are embedded in the founding treaty. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chichester (Bishops - Bishops) The US State Department’s report earlier this year on religious freedom noted:“In the first six months - Speech Link
3: Lord Anderson of Swansea (LAB - Life peer) India is close to neutrality; the response of Commonwealth countries has been very distressing. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) They are fighting for their country, but they are on the front line of freedom. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) of religion or belief, and from my role as the chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief - Speech Link
2: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) vital point in the region for the expression of freedom of religious belief. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We can tie human rights and freedom of religious belief in with aid. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) There are big issues in India, and if our Prime Minister does not ask those questions when he is in India - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK Export Performance - Mon 18 Sep 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) We will continue to support being members of that single market and, yes, having freedom of movement. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I will mention, in a Westminster Hall debate on religious persecution which starts at 9.30 am tomorrow - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Navendu Mishra (LAB - Stockport) Friend the Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith) on being appointed her deputy.As Britain and India negotiate - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Pakistan is experiencing a surge of violence towards religious minorities, fuelled by a rise in blasphemy - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) again using business questions to shine a spotlight on the issues of persecution and intolerance of freedom - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 20 Jul 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) What recent steps the Church of England has taken to help protect freedom of religion and belief in other - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) Friend, who serves with distinction as the Prime Minister’s special envoy for freedom of religion or - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) report, produced by former BBC reporter David Campanale and other FORB experts for the International Religious - Speech Link
4: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) What she has told us is truly shocking, and I know that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who visited India - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Defence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report) - Fri 30 Jun 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (CON - Life peer) courage of the Ukrainian people and their armed forces, who are fighting not only for their homeland and freedom - Speech Link
2: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (LAB - Life peer) will have the acquiescence of what we have come to know as the Global South—those countries such as India - Speech Link
3: Baroness Helic (CON - Life peer) critical energy infrastructure, compromised political leaders and leveraged the Russian Orthodox Church’s religious - Speech Link
4: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (CB - Life peer) noting in parentheses that as a country we spend less on nuclear deterrence—our ultimate guarantor of freedom - Speech Link
5: Lord Howell of Guildford (CON - Life peer) appear to be turning the Commonwealth network, the chain of what should be bastions of liberty and freedom - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
2nd reading - Wed 28 Jun 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (LAB - Wigan) This group accounts for less than 1% of the total religious population in the UK, but antisemitic hate - Speech Link
2: Lisa Nandy (LAB - Wigan) My dad came to this country from India in the 1950s, and dealing with racism and discrimination is something - Speech Link
3: Jon Trickett (LAB - Hemsworth) They were heading for Liverpool to get the boat across to New York and to freedom, as they saw it. - Speech Link
4: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) grew, and Jewish businesses were attacked, books were burnt, and stringent regulations restricted the freedom - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Global Military Operations - Wed 14 Jun 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Heappey (CON - Wells) the seas north of Norway and Finland, in an important demonstration to Russia of our insistence on freedom - Speech Link
2: Bernard Jenkin (CON - Harwich and North Essex) against European co-operation in defence, and just because it is an EU force, we should not have some religious - Speech Link
3: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) I do not see India or Australia patrolling off the coast of Scotland—that said, neither do I see the - Speech Link
4: Samantha Dixon (LAB - City of Chester) continues, we must continue to stand with Ukraine and its people and support them in defending their freedom - Speech Link
5: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) We know that this is a long-haul struggle for freedom, peace and security in Europe and around the globe - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Illegal Migration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) the ICC will determine that a genocide or crimes against humanity are being perpetrated against the religious - Speech Link
2: None Consider the denial of freedom of expression and arbitrary arrests—breaches of Article 19 of the Universal - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellamy (CON - Life peer) , but that does not prevent us saying that India is a safe country. - Speech Link
4: None conclusion, I quote a torture survivor and refused asylum-seeking woman who has previously been supported by Freedom - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
G7 Summit - Mon 22 May 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (LAB - Holborn and St Pancras) Freedom must win out over tyranny, and Putin’s aggression must fail. - Speech Link
2: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) Did the Prime Minister have any success in convincing countries, such as India and Brazil, to take a - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) of religious belief with his counterparts, because an essential component of any trade deal must be - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) of expression and religious belief, not just in this country but in countries around the world. - Speech Link