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Westminster Hall
Easter and Christian Culture - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand. - Speech Link
2: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) I was particularly struck by his remarks on freedom of speech and religion. - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) so-called faith cap, which serves no purpose apart from limiting the ability of Catholic schools and academies - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) Freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, the rule of law, democracy and equal rights—these - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) personal attack on Sir Paul Marshall, who is a distinguished philanthropist and a supporter of Ark academies—state - Speech Link
3: Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) By stating that a free society requires that the Muslim religion accommodates itself to the same level - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Religious Education in Schools - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) A national curriculum is used as a benchmark for standards in other subjects and, if academies do not - Speech Link
2: Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (Lab - Life peer) These have included every kind of secondary school that you can imagine—voluntary aided, academies, state - Speech Link
3: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) curriculum in year 7—they are breaking their statutory responsibilities, by the way—while 27.4% of academies - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Former Afghan Special Forces: Deportation - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (Con - Ribble Valley) individual Bills will name the date for Second Reading as usual.BillS presentedInternational Freedom of Religion - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) We will renovate prison workshops through our HMP academies programme. - Speech Link
2: Imran Hussain (Lab - Bradford East) prisons either do not provide the facilities required or actively hinder offenders in practising their religion - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) He is absolutely right to highlight not only the right of people to practise their religion, but the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment - Thu 20 Jul 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (CON - Rayleigh and Wickford) Having recently checked with the Academies Enterprise Trust, which runs the school, it is in the midst - Speech Link
2: Dean Russell (CON - Watford) We also have every religion in Watford—it is one of the wonderful things about our interfaith community - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools: Admissions - Mon 17 Jul 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) Committee on the Rights of the Child’s recommendation that the United Kingdom should prevent the use of religion - Speech Link
2: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) against those of no religion. - Speech Link
3: Lord Baker of Dorking (CON - Life peer) I know of no secondary Anglican school that has ever debarred a child on grounds of religion. - Speech Link
4: Lord Storey (LDEM - Life peer) She will also know that in 2010 we introduced the 50% rule whereby 50% of new academies had to have open - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Bishops in the House of Lords - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Hopkins (LAB - Luton South) The UK is an increasingly diverse place when it comes to religion and belief. - Speech Link
2: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) I say that as a humanist and an atheist, but I respect everyone’s right to practise their religion and - Speech Link
3: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) children are in Church of England primary schools, and the Church of England is the biggest provider of academies - Speech Link
4: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) no Episcopal national Church in Scotland; it is the Kirk.I come back to the point about the role of religion - Speech Link
5: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) In Westminster Hall we often have debates about the importance of freedom of religion and belief around - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Education (Non-religious Philosophical Convictions) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 03 Feb 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) Voluntary-aided faith schools and academies which were previously voluntary-aided schools will still - Speech Link
2: Lord Cashman (LAB - Life peer) The same can be said for RE syllabuses devised by academies, where there is enormous variation: some - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (LAB - Life peer) The opposite of religion is no religion, and that is the basis upon which it should be taught as part - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 25 Jan 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) As well as one-to-one support with their work coach, jobseekers can access sector-based work academies - Speech Link
2: Jeffrey M Donaldson (DUP - Lagan Valley) situation in Ukraine, we also extend our best wishes to President Zelensky on his birthday.Freedom of religion - Speech Link