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

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) That takes me to Nigeria. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) I will focus first on Nigeria. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief in Nigeria - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Nigeria and the middle belt of Africa are awash with weapons. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The FORB violations in Nigeria impact everyone in Nigeria; that is where we are—everybody is affected - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) The case is now going to the Supreme Court in Nigeria. - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) of the insurgency, but those groups have also targeted Christians, including through the large-scale abduction - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Religious Persecution and the World Watch List - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) which includes reports of attacks on churches, homes and businesses, detention without trial, jailing, abduction - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) of Nigeria, is still in prison. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Abuses: UK Response - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) One of the top 10 countries was Nigeria. - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) I cannot describe the sense of loss.Since the heinous attacks of 7 October and the abduction of the hostages - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) of the issues and country situations that have been raised today: the persecution of Christians in Nigeria - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) Also in Africa, in Nigeria, year on year increasing thousands of Christians are massacred by the ISWA—Islamic - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) Nigeria is a hugely dangerous place to be Christian, for many people; the abduction of 276 mainly Christian - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Funding for conflict resolution projects in some of the world’s most volatile regions—including Nigeria - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Jihadist violence continues to wreak havoc and horror in northern Nigeria, where a horrific attack in - Speech Link
5: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We remain committed to supporting Nigeria to address those root causes of violence, protect human rights - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ugandan School Attack - Tue 20 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) stretching across central Africa, including attacks from Daesh, Boko Haram and Fulani militants in Nigeria - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) The abduction of children is cowardly in the extreme, and I am sure that the Minister is doing all he - Speech Link
3: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) First, we have a foreign aid budget, and this is not just about Uganda, but Nigeria and other parts of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 27 Apr 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) What discussions the Church of England has had with the Church of Nigeria on the killing and abduction - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) matter was last raised with me on 9 March there have been further atrocities against Christians in Nigeria - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) Friend agree that stronger measures are needed to protect such vulnerable communities in Nigeria? - Speech Link
4: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) As a good friend to Nigeria, I would expect our distress to be heard loudly and clearly. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) of the Anglican communion, in Nigeria. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Religious Minorities in Nigeria - Tue 18 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) increasingly further south, are vulnerable to persecution for their faith and gender—to being targeted for abduction - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) Is that happening in Nigeria? - Speech Link
3: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) All of us want a successful and prosperous Nigeria with rising standards of living—a Nigeria that is - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) It notes that“Christian leaders, their families, and congregations are particularly targeted for abduction - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Henley (John Howell) is a former envoy to Nigeria, and his interest in Nigeria is well known - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Child Abduction - Wed 22 Mar 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) As ample evidence and research demonstrate, the longer the duration of the abduction, the greater the - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) In my experience, this is quite an unusual form of child abduction. - Speech Link
3: Mark Fletcher (CON - Bolsover) Nevertheless, diplomatically, I feel that parental child abduction is one of the great sore points in - Speech Link
4: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) it is vital to ensure that countries that have not signed the convention, such as China, Kenya and Nigeria - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 Mar 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chi Onwurah (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) What plans he has for engagement with the Government of Nigeria and other interested parties following - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) Surely we need to develop a strategy for partnership in Nigeria and across the whole of Africa. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) We are working incredibly closely with all our partners across Africa, none more so than Nigeria. - Speech Link
4: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) The abduction, so-called re-education and illegal adoption of 6,000 Ukrainian children is an act of genocide - Speech Link
5: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) The abduction, forcible deportation and—to all intents and purposes—kidnapping of Ukrainian children - Speech Link