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Lords Chamber
Parliamentary Democracy and Standards in Public Life - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) We all need to do better.In recent years, there has been an erosion of many of the cornerstones of British - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) The British public’s trust in the political system has fallen significantly. - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) The British people will always do the right thing if they believe that others are doing the same. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Antisemitic Offences - Tue 09 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Nicola Richards (Con - West Bromwich East) The CST has had impact statements from British Jews explaining that they feel unsafe living in this country - Speech Link
2: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) British children in the House of Commons were hiding their identity for their own safety. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Percy (Con - Brigg and Goole) It is no wonder that 75% of British Jews consider the BBC biased in its coverage of this conflict. - Speech Link
4: Charlotte Nichols (Lab - Warrington North) references to me being part of a Jewish and Masonic conspiracy to commit genocide against Catholics and Muslims - Speech Link


Petitions
Definition of Islamophobia - Tue 09 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None government-backed definition of Islamophobia is needed; further declares that the definition by the APPG on British - Speech Link
2: None We want to make sure that the terminology we use does not engender divisions and tensions between British - Speech Link
3: None domestic and international experts in this field to explore how religious hatred is experienced by British - Speech Link


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


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Buddhists: Tibet - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con - North East Somerset) for the Christian faith, particularly and regularly, but also remembering in China that Buddhists and Muslims - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) What is happening to the Uyghur Muslims is, in my opinion, nothing short of genocide.In essence, the - Speech Link
3: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) we making to China, not just about Tibet and the plight of the Buddhists there, but about the Uyghur Muslims - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) British diplomats visited Tibetan areas of Sichuan province in June 2023, and we will continue to push - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Israel and Palestine - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Although the petitions each call for different actions, they share a call for the protection of lives, British - Speech Link
2: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) important to recognise that, following the 7 October attacks, there has been a stark increase in attacks on Muslims - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) It is incumbent on the British Government to look seriously at humanitarian visas, particularly given - Speech Link
4: Mick Whitley (Lab - Birkenhead) I am concerned that the British Government continue to fail to lend their voice to the growing chorus - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Fifteen British nationals have lost their lives and a small number of other British nationals have been - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Mon 11 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) including support for international institutions and treaties, which very often have been drafted by British - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Think, for instance, of the Uighur Muslims, Rohingya Muslims, Nigerian Christians, Iranian Baha’is, Falun - Speech Link
3: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) Palestine, following a war with Egypt, was in flames; a year earlier, following the end of the British - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Last Friday marked British citizen Jimmy Lai’s 76th birthday, but also his spending 1,073 consecutive - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tackling Islamophobia - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) I also thank the all-party parliamentary group on British Muslims, and particularly its co-chairs, my - Speech Link
2: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) All of that makes it harder for Muslims to live as equal members of British society. - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) We have 3.9 million British Muslims, 6.5% of the UK population. - Speech Link
4: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) We know that British Muslims feel especially vulnerable at this time. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) systematic discrimination against and stigmatisation of religious and other minorities, particularly Muslims - Speech Link
2: 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
3: 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
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) to hear the Minister joining those condemnations, along with condemnation of the treatment of Uyghur Muslims - Speech Link
5: 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


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

Mentions:
1: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) is taking this issue seriously and is listening to Parliament and British Tamils? - Speech Link
2: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) Tamils and Muslims on the island face horrific state-led abuses, including the continued use, as many - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They have described the situation of minority religious groups, including Hindus, Christians and Muslims - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) As has been mentioned, we recognise that other communities in Sri Lanka, including Muslims as well as - Speech Link