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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) noble Lord, Lord Curry, mentioned India; Laos has jumped 10 places to 21st in the watch-list; Cuba and Mexico - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) That is where the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance was born. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Gale (Lab - Life peer) We need more women in positions of power for women to achieve economic and financial freedom. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) also be many Muslim women who are not in legally registered marriages, such as those who have had a religious - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) politician, was slain days before she was due to lead a demo demanding security for trans people in Mexico - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
LGBT History Month - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) gender recognition and others, have been passed in places such as New Zealand, Colombia, Australia, Mexico - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) and has not had the chilling effect that we are often warned about in terms of infringements on the freedom - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) There are still 67 countries that criminalise homosexuality, 51 that restrict freedom of sexual and gender - Speech Link
4: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) Religion and religious expression is as intrinsic to the identity of some people as sexuality. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Financial Risk Checks for Gambling - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) The Conservative party used to believe in individual freedom and individual responsibility, and some - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) It is a human issue; it is not a principle of freedom versus non-freedom. - Speech Link
3: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Like me, they believe in personal responsibility and freedom, and they like a day at the races. - Speech Link
4: David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) Therefore, religious leaders were outraged and politicians were constantly trying to restrain all the - Speech Link
5: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) I remember listening to David Hemery when he won in 1968 in Mexico. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Eritrea ranks towards the bottom of the world press freedom index. - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) partners at a number of levels to ensure credible monitoring not only of the violence and threats against religious - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We continue strongly to support freedom of navigation on the high seas and to seek to make progress on - Speech Link
4: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) Will the Minister commit to working with countries such as Chile, Brazil, Peru and Mexico to deliver - Speech Link
5: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Because his voice of freedom is such a threat to Putin. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
3rd reading - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) world—we see them from China to Colombia, from Bangladesh to Angola, from Cambodia to Qatar and from Mexico - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) That is testimony to the Government’s respect for freedom of speech. - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) It constricts the freedom of expression of religious groups, trade unions and elected councillors. - Speech Link
4: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) and go against the academic freedom that is enjoyed on university campuses? - Speech Link
5: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) of speech, not least on campus and with academic freedom at its heart. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Media Bill
2nd reading - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lucy Frazer (Con - South East Cambridgeshire) The Bill has media freedom at its core. - Speech Link
2: Damian Green (Con - Ashford) country.If we look ahead to future great sporting events, the men’s football World cup is in the USA, Mexico - Speech Link
3: Caroline Dinenage (Con - Gosport) news and current affairs, the Bill will remove the genres in the Communications Act 2003—for example, religious - Speech Link
4: George Eustice (Con - Camborne and Redruth) How is that for the freedom of speech that we hear so much about? - Speech Link
5: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) I am a firm believer in the freedom of the press. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) in exports to the UK each year, and we have supported free trade agreement negotiations with India, Mexico - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Ukraine’s fight is our fight for freedom, democracy and democratic values. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) of speech, freedom of movement, a right to protest and a commitment to peace. - Speech Link
4: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (XB - Life peer) Guru Nanak, whose birthday Sikhs celebrate this week, looking at the mainly religious conflicts of his - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Singh, talked from a Sikh point of view, from a religious perspective, with reflections - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Report stage - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) in Wales.”New clause 3—Assessment of the impact of the Act on the provision of food compliant with religious - Speech Link
2: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) to avoid sourcing medical equipment from certain suppliers, such as Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan or Mexico - Speech Link
3: George Eustice (Con - Camborne and Redruth) It is possible, too, to believe strongly that freedom of contract and freedom of speech are important - Speech Link
4: Steve McCabe (Lab - Birmingham, Selly Oak) I also support new clause 3, which seeks to provide protection for religious dietary requirements. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) of religion or belief, and from my role as the chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) list, given the way that all freedoms are suppressed by its despotic regime, but other names, such as Mexico - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We can tie human rights and freedom of religious belief in with aid. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) The US Commission on International Religious Freedom identified 16 countries of particular concern in - Speech Link