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Westminster Hall
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Human rights and freedom of religious belief march hand in hand; if one is taken away so is the other - Speech Link
2: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) On the preservation of religious sites, both Armenia and Azerbaijan are responsible for ensuring that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Roberts of Belgravia (Con - Life peer) Does he agree that, for centuries, freedom of the press has essentially meant freedom from the control - Speech Link
2: Lord McInnes of Kilwinning (Con - Life peer) Armenia is a country that has lost a war, does not enjoy normalised relations with Turkey or Azerbaijan - Speech Link
3: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) In this new state, will the rights of gays, women, minorities and those with other religious practices - Speech Link
4: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) He mentioned Fiona Bruce and the great job she does as the Prime Minister’s envoy on religious freedom - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases - Tue 09 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) He and I are often side by side in debates on issues that are of interest to us—whether freedom of religious - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) Azerbaijan, Belize and Tajikistan have been declared malaria-free by the World Health Organisation recently - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) relationship feeds into church and other community groups across Scotland working together to support religious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) We encourage Azerbaijan to continue co-operation in that regard. - Speech Link
2: David Duguid (Con - Banff and Buchan) his answer, and I refer the House to my role as vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Azerbaijan - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Notwithstanding the challenges in Israel and Gaza, protecting freedom of religion or belief, including - Speech Link


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

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) 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: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) In Azerbaijan, I saw at first hand the results of mine clearance. - Speech Link
5: 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
Business of the House - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) Today is 270 days since Azerbaijan began its blockade of the Lachin corridor, causing huge hardship to - 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


Westminster Hall
Iran - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Brendan Clarke-Smith (CON - Bassetlaw) We must do everything we can, in Iran or elsewhere, to protect religious minorities and everyday citizens - Speech Link
2: Brendan Clarke-Smith (CON - Bassetlaw) British MPs in Paris a few years ago; the radicalising of British citizens in the UK using a network of religious - Speech Link
3: John Howell (CON - Henley) saying, but I wonder whether he has picked up on the role that Iran is playing in the dispute between Azerbaijan - Speech Link
4: Catherine West (LAB - Hornsey and Wood Green) Women, LGBT+ people and ethnic and religious minorities have continued to be targeted by the regime, - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) with surging use of the death penalty, increased restrictions on women, intensified persecution of religious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 25 May 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) I recall that when I came into this House, I made a freedom of information request to the Department - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) British troops were involved in defending Azerbaijan against an invasion by the Turks at the time. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Earlier this year, the Ukrainian Institute for Religious Freedom reported that“at least 494 religious - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (CON - Portsmouth North) Attacking places of worship and religious buildings is a war crime. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 May 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None I have driven it in Baku in Azerbaijan, Ankara, Istanbul, Georgia, Belarus and, a couple of weeks ago - Speech Link
2: None We do not glue ourselves to the road and we want the freedom to move. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) customers, more high street closures and, certainly for many citizens who as adults choose to smoke, less freedom - Speech Link
4: None Core to this is freedom from political and sectoral commercial influences, along with powers of self-regulation - Speech Link
5: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) There are also non-religious schools that have these charitable site trustees. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 02 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Crabb (CON - Preseli Pembrokeshire) and Ramadan being celebrated so freely throughout Israel marks Israel out as a remarkable example of religious - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) I am pleased that opportunities were taken to de-escalate and to support religious freedom. - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) Of the remaining work, crucial is recommendation 6 to ensure the freedom of religion or belief special - Speech Link
4: Paul Bristow (CON - Peterborough) regularly subjected to targeted violence, killings and discrimination, all based on their ethnic and religious - Speech Link