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Westminster Hall
Christmas, Christianity and Communities - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) , too.Some decry the loss of the Christian message from Christmas, seeing that as an undermining of British - Speech Link
2: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) We also remember that around the world British servicemen and women will be working for peace and to - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Jews, Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists all, in their own way, talk of peace, love, respect and the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Love Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report) - Fri 08 Dec 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) I suggest that we have an equally good British example in “Coronation Street”. - Speech Link
2: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) stressed more within the report, but if one compares with other faith groups—Judaism, the Muslim faith, Hindus - Speech Link
3: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) I am president of the British Dyslexia Association and I am dyslexic. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) energy bills and the cost of living have soared under the Tories, Labour’s plan to switch on Great British - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on Genocide - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) I do not want to prolong the debate at this point on Rwanda, but in the opinion of the British Government - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The situations of the Shi’as and Sunnis, the Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan and the Muslims in India tell - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) It was the event organised by the all-party parliamentary group on human rights and the British Group - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Britain recently announced an additional £30 million of British aid for vital supplies into Gaza.In Ukraine - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lankan Tamils and Human Rights - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) I am also grateful to the British Tamils Forum, which plays a key role in supporting the APPG and has - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) Gentleman share my view that it is high time the British Government took more decisive action to put - Speech Link
3: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) Gentleman agree that we need a lot more openness so that we can know that the British Foreign Office - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They have described the situation of minority religious groups, including Hindus, Christians and Muslims - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Chris Clarkson (Con - Heywood and Middleton) Will he use his good offices to ensure that no British aid money has gone towards this filthy practice - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) Friend reminds the House that the Government remain focused on the protection of British nationals in - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) representations to his Pakistan counterpart about deeply worrying human rights abuses committed against Hindus - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Friend the Foreign Secretary raised the persecution of religious communities, which includes Hindus, - Speech Link
5: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) fallen from the mind of the British Government. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Lab - Life peer) This was shameful.The BBC has behaved very badly, as opposed to our British politicians. - 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: Baroness Morris of Bolton (Con - Life peer) I also pray for the safe passage of British citizens trapped in Gaza. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Eaton (Con - Life peer) law and supporting British public safety. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) All noble Lords talked of the need to release them, and not just the British nationals. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) Earlier this week I met a remarkable woman, Liela Musa Medani, a British-Sudanese woman who had escaped - Speech Link
2: Virendra Sharma (Lab - Ealing, Southall) I want to see the British Government and this country act because it is the right thing to do. - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) that where the caste system was prevalent and people were in extreme poverty, the vulnerability of Hindus - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We have experienced that in Pakistan, where Christians and Hindus are victimised, and we find the same - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend the Member for Chelmsford for her eloquent comments on British International Investment. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development - Tue 17 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) The practice of many religions involves using water—I am thinking, for example, of not only Hindus but - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) and seen that WASH is fundamental to tackling poverty and achieving equality—to achieving what the British - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) As the Prime Minister absconds from the role of international statesman that British Prime Ministers - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) communities and acts of violence towards mosques and Muslims in my local area.We also see violence against Hindus - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) convening country-focused roundtables on this topic, bringing together academic experts, civil society and British - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Afghan Women and Girls - Tue 06 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) They have British passports and four of them are girls, so they cannot go to school. - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) What does it say that we cannot support British children to leave Afghanistan and what does that mean - Speech Link
3: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) My constituent, who was a former office manager for the British Council in Afghanistan, is eligible for - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In particular, I would like to hear about the impact on Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and other small groups.My - Speech Link