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Commons Chamber
Human Rights: Kashmir - Thu 23 Sep 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) An infamous example occurred in January 1990, when 65,000 Hindus were expelled from the Kashmir valley - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (CON - Keighley) Of course, this is no different in Keighley, which is home to many British Pakistani Kashmiris, many - Speech Link
3: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) The fact is that the historically persecuted religious minorities—Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, women and - Speech Link
4: Paul Bristow (CON - Peterborough) Muslims, and it is incumbent on British Muslims to be aware that this Government and all hon. - Speech Link
5: Tahir Ali (LAB - Birmingham, Hall Green) The British Government have a responsibility: this is another example of the mess left by the British - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
LGBTQ+ Afghan Refugees - Tue 21 Sep 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Navendu Mishra (LAB - Stockport) oppression of women and girls, the suppression of minorities—including the Hazara people, Sikhs, and Hindus—and - Speech Link
2: Olivia Blake (LAB - Sheffield, Hallam) In 2010, before US and British troop withdrawal, Germany welcomed just under 148,000 Afghan refugees. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) He will understand that the British Government do not demand British nationals overseas register with - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) Even in the case of British nationals, we have received cases that have been a mix of British nationals - Speech Link
3: Debbie Abrahams (LAB - Oldham East and Saddleworth) We do not know how many British citizens are still there. - Speech Link
4: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) During the last Taliban rule, in something reminiscent of fascist regimes, Hindus and Sikhs were forced - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Education (Assemblies) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 10 Sep 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) The British Social Attitudes survey shows that, in 2019, just 1% of 18 to 24 year-olds were affiliated - Speech Link
2: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB - Life peer) predominantly of a Christian character, but there are millions of people of other religions: Muslims, Hindus - Speech Link
3: Lord Desai (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I consider myself very lucky that I did not have a British education. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) They are also required to actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Afghanistan - Wed 18 Aug 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) are helping to facilitate that and to our British ambassador. - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) As the US Commission on International Religious Freedom reports, groups such as Hindus, Christians and - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) ready to hang myself.”We must also ensure the evacuation of minority communities, including Sikhs and Hindus - Speech Link
4: Zarah Sultana (LAB - Coventry South) Jamal was a translator for the British Army for six years and his father worked as a gardener in a British - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Afghanistan - Wed 18 Aug 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bishops - Bishops) That will count in Pakistan and Afghanistan for Christians and religious communities such as Shia, Hindus - Speech Link
2: Baroness Verma (CON - Life peer) I got an email just this morning about 270 Hindus and Sikhs who are taking sanctuary in a temple. - Speech Link
3: Lord Suri (CON - Life peer) President Ghani sometimes claimed that Sikhs and Hindus were an integral part of Afghanistan. - Speech Link
4: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB - Life peer) Today, the latest figures show that there are fewer than 300 Hindus and Sikhs left, mostly huddled together - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Christians, Hindus and Sikhs were raised by my noble friend Lady Verma, among others. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Human Rights Situation in India - Thu 22 Jul 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (CB - Life peer) I also believe that many aspects of British policy and behaviour during the imperial period are deeply - Speech Link
2: Earl of Sandwich (CB - Excepted Hereditary) say it because there is an almost universal, mainly unspoken, prejudice against Muslims among many Hindus - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) I welcome the reply that the Minister gave me on 19 July about the British high commission’s project - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) The British high commission regularly meets representatives of all faiths to understand their perspectives - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 12 Jul 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (CON - Orpington) For proof of that we need only look at recent attempts to subject British history to a radical revision - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (LAB - Coventry South) Before arriving at university, I knew that many British Muslims were treated as second-class citizens - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (LAB - North Durham) It is one of the things that we should be most proud of in terms of being British. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I do that on behalf of Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Ahmadis, Jews, Baha’is and Shi’as because I believe - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Religious and Ethnic Minority Communities - Tue 22 Jun 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) provision; NGOs in Pakistan have also reportedly denied food and emergency handouts to Christians and Hindus - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Wed 16 Jun 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Sheikh (CON - Life peer) billion Muslims in the world and over 3.4 million Muslims in the UK, and we make up over 5% of the British - Speech Link
2: Lord Bhatia (Non-affiliated - Life peer) campaigning organisations, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the British - Speech Link
3: Lord Pearson of Rannoch (Non-affiliated - Life peer) This is very unfair to our Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists, who are forbidden to eat halal or kosher meat - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) Furthermore, notable animal welfare organisations, such as the British Veterinary Association and the - Speech Link
5: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) The way we harvest wild fish to eat is highly regulated, and we want to make sure that the British public - Speech Link