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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 09 Mar 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) on taking steps to help tackle the killing and abduction of Christians in that country. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) The murder and abduction of Christians in Nigeria is distressingly common, totally abhorrent and has - Speech Link
3: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Denton and Reddish) Of course, violent Islamist militants are not the only threat to Christians in Nigeria. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Commonwealth: Zimbabwe - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LDEM - Life peer) her colleagues were charged with taking part in an illegal protest and later with faking their own abduction - Speech Link
2: Lord Loomba (CB - Life peer) us remember that, in 2021, the British Government expressed concern about democracy in Bangladesh, Nigeria - Speech Link
3: Lord St John of Bletso (CB - Excepted Hereditary) As we are all aware, in 2003 the so-called Commonwealth troika of South Africa, Australia and Nigeria - Speech Link
4: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) Lord Oates, we of course remain concerned by the failure of the Government to address allegations of abduction - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Day - Thu 08 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) in a protest in Harare, and are being prosecuted, unbelievably, for making false reports about their abduction - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) He is appealing his criminal case to the Supreme Court of Nigeria. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) For example, there is some land available in Nigeria. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nigeria - Wed 07 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) In Nigeria, attacks by terrorists and criminal gangs as well as localised community violence are having - Speech Link
2: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) My Lords, we refreshed our security and defence partnership with Nigeria in February this year. - Speech Link
3: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) Of course, we continue to condemn Islamic State West Africa Province for that abduction and the ongoing - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Christian women and girls explains that in countries impacted by conflict in central and west Africa—Nigeria - Speech Link
2: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) Of course, we are keenly aware of the ravages of Islamic State in Nigeria. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Christians - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) have great concerns that Nigeria is the cockpit of Africa and that if it goes wrong in Nigeria, with - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 had nothing to do with the fight over land, and nor did the abduction - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kate Osamor (LAB - Edmonton) What steps he is taking to support flood relief efforts in Nigeria. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Nigeria is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change, and it is experiencing the - Speech Link
3: Kate Osamor (LAB - Edmonton) The floods in Nigeria have already left more than 1 million people displaced, 200,000 homes destroyed - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Lady, whom I thank for her generous remarks, did not really refer to Nigeria. - Speech Link
5: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) Will the Minister meet me and other Members of this House who have similar child abduction cases in Poland - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Genocide Determination Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 28 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Uighurs in China, the Yazidis in Iraq, the Rohingya in Myanmar, the Tigrayans in Ethiopia, Christians in Nigeria - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (LAB - Life peer) Evidence of Russia’s ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, too many to list, include the abduction and forced - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strategy for International Development - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Women and girls from religious minorities in many regions are targeted for abduction, forced conversion - Speech Link
2: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) We prioritise key strategic partners such as South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nigeria - Tue 05 Jul 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) We are deeply concerned about the level of humanitarian need in Nigeria. [Interruption.] - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) own parishioners in his diocese murdered in their church only last month, and also on the continued abduction - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) attacks on the church, which caused further fatalities, and the shocking abduction and ongoing captivity - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) I chaired a panel of women, including representatives from Nigeria. - Speech Link