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Public Bill Committees
International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill
Committee stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) members of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance to raise awareness of cases of particular - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) of religious belief.” - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) , of Sikhs in Pakistan and India, of Hindus in Pakistan, of Muslims in India, of the Myanmar Muslims, - Speech Link
4: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) Friend on her accomplishments as chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance. - Speech Link
5: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) One practical example is that the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, which now has 43 - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady), when it comes to issues of human rights and freedom of religious - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) He understands these issues because he shares the passion that I and others have for freedom of religious - Speech Link
3: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on freedom of religious belief, and from other Members with personal - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) religious and non-religious communities. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
India: Freedom of Religion or Belief - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) India is committed via its constitution to freedom of religion and belief. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Winchester (Bshp - Bishops) the past year have been rightly highlighted by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) of religious belief. - Speech Link
4: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) of religious belief. - Speech Link
5: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) of religious belief. - Speech Link
6: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) of religious belief. - Speech Link
7: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (XB - Life peer) Does the Minister agree that India is a member of the Commonwealth, and should not freedom of belief - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) We have a proud history of promoting religious freedom in the United Kingdom, so we should be doing more - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bshp - Bishops) Religious freedom and tolerance need to be nurtured and guarded nationally and locally. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We can all in this House agree on the important role that freedom of religious belief can play in tackling - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) That is where the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance was born. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Easter and Christian Culture - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) way of life that has enabled us to live in freedom in this wonderful country. - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) In a place like India, even though there are villages with levels of unimaginable poverty, they are not - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand. - Speech Link
4: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) Religious tolerance was mentioned, and I want to make it very clear that freedom of speech, freedom of - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lanka: Human Rights - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They have lost everything—their dignity, their possessions, their human rights and their freedom of religious - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) 1948 effectively rendered Tamils stateless, leading to the deportation of many thousands of Tamils to India - Speech Link
3: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) outlined the incredible importance of the freedom of religious belief - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024 - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) cruel, or degrading treatment; arbitrary arrest or incarcerations … substantial interference with the freedom - Speech Link
2: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) It is far less safe if you happen to be female—women from religious and cultural minorities face the - Speech Link
3: None This constitutes a breach of the UK’s obligations to help prevent future religious and other violence - Speech Link
4: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) Rights Watch, the Home Office’s own country report and the US’s country report, and the reports of Freedom - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None Metropolitan Police’s independent advisory group in Lewisham and Lewisham’s standing advisory committee on religious - Speech Link
2: None Freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, the rule of law, democracy and equal rights—these - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) that have contributed to society over many years sets a dangerous precedent, undermining democracy, religious - Speech Link
4: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) Yorkshire, and I am certainly concerned at the extent to which the growth of Hindu nationalism within India - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
India: Democratic Freedoms - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) The BJP policy of Hindu nationalism is increasingly invading press freedom, political opposition and - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) But it is clear that it provides freedom of religion or belief protections and minority protections for - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) My Lords, further to the noble Baroness’s question on press freedom, I know this has been a focus of - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) This Government stand up for media freedom and the protection of media. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Any reports of discrimination against religious minorities are investigated by the Indian police. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) Financial literacy could also have a positive impact on reducing religious-only marriages, which are - Speech Link
2: Lord Loomba (XB - Life peer) A court in India is currently considering an application by a young woman, aged 25, to allow the medical - Speech Link