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Lords Chamber
Israel/Gaza - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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 Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) a Muslim, with a section of my family originating from the eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus and north Africa - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I hope that we can move forward without compromising our commitment to freedom. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) to urge their co-operation with the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, South Africa - 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


Lords Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Mon 23 Oct 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) people together in support of mutual understanding, acceptance and the celebration of shared and diverse religious - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) Vice-chancellors need to be told to take care of all their students, bearing in mind, of course, freedom - Speech Link
3: Lord True (Con - Life peer) that my first move out into the streets was marching against the provision of arms to apartheid South Africa - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UN Sustainable Development Goals - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) Companies supported by BIII employ more than 1 million people in Asia and Africa. - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) Violations and abuses of people’s human right to freedom of religion or belief are a driver of poverty - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) when it comes to assisting with the things that we need to do.As chair of the APPG for international freedom - 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


Commons Chamber
Gaza: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital Explosion - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) the work he did when he was Foreign Secretary and I was his Minister for the Middle East and North Africa - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) casualties and to ensure that, where possible, civilian infrastructure—particularly schools, hospitals and religious - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) Foreign and Commonwealth Office in February 2020, I was the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa - Speech Link
4: Eleanor Laing (Con - Epping Forest) every Member of this House thinks this is a most serious and sad situation.Bills PresentedInternational Freedom - Speech Link


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 Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) The hard fact is that there are many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America which are put at risk - Speech Link
3: 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
4: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LDEM - Life peer) in parts of the Balkans, in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenia-Azeri conflict, and indeed in parts of Africa - Speech Link
5: 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) The International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance is a growing organisation. - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) The first is that violence in sub-Saharan Africa has reached new heights. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We can tie human rights and freedom of religious belief in with aid. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Mon 11 Sep 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Heappey (CON - Wells) I have travelled extensively across Africa and the rest of what is sometimes lazily referred to as the - Speech Link
2: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) Freedom and democracy matter, and it is in Ukraine that the war between freedom and oppression is being - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Their battle for freedom is our battle for freedom, too. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Ahmadi Muslims: Pakistan - Wed 06 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) I have often spoken up about the human rights of minorities, and freedom of religious belief is something - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) of religious belief for all. - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) event.Colleagues will know that the noble Lord Ahmad, Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) repression in public and in private at the highest levels.In January, the Minister for development and Africa - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Mon 17 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (LAB - Aberavon) those schemes help those coming from other high grant-rate countries in the middle east and sub-Saharan Africa - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) It is a fundamentally political body, appointed on political grounds.Until we have freedom of manoeuvre - Speech Link
3: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) Bill.With overwhelming support from across the political spectrum, and backed by Conservative peers and by religious - Speech Link
4: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) country’s treatment of human beings.That was why, from 2010 until 2012, we ran a campaign—across all religious - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Windrush Generation: 75th Anniversary - Fri 07 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) Our spiritual lives have been enhanced by the churches, faith groups and religious leadership provided - Speech Link
2: Baroness Berridge (CON - Life peer) There was a food, a culture, a liming with friends and a freedom in expressing your worship of God that - Speech Link
3: Lord Sahota (LAB - Life peer) As someone said, the wind of change was sweeping across Africa and Asia.But—and this is a big but—equality - Speech Link
4: Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick (CB - Life peer) A policeman barked at me in an unacceptable way that I should not have moved until he gave me freedom - Speech Link