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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 29 Jun 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) My constituent Joel Lindop has suffered the abduction of his young children to Poland. - Speech Link
2: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Friend will know that we are committed to the 1980 Hague convention on child abduction, which provides - Speech Link
3: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (LAB - Streatham) It is reported to be sending another deportation charter flight to Nigeria and Ghana. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Gender Specific Religious Persecution - Thu 17 Mar 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) , 95% of women abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria are Christian. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Owen (LAB - Luton North) what action Britain is taking to end this grotesque practice worldwide.As we heard, families across Nigeria - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) Member for Strangford and others asked about the situation in north-east Nigeria. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) She referred to girls’ education and safety, and she referred to cases in Nigeria, Afghanistan and China - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Freedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN Declaration - Thu 25 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) citizens there, but that often the state, the courts and the police ignore the outright kidnapping and abduction - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I chair the Pakistani minorities APPG, and just today we launched a report to highlight the abduction - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Need’s 2021 report on religious freedom in the world is that crimes against women and girls, including abduction - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Violence against Christians: Central African Countries - Thu 23 Sep 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) For many, threats of abduction, sexual violence and even killing have become a daily reality, and entire - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In Niger, Mali, the Central African Republic, Sudan and Nigeria—I will focus on Nigeria, as others probably - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I remember the abduction of the children. I think of Leah Sharibu. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Islam are often forced into marriage with non-Christians there, and Christian women are threatened with abduction - Speech Link
5: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Christian women also face significant danger of abduction by Boko Haram and forced marriage—the comments - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Human Rights Priority Countries - Mon 13 Sep 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (CON - Life peer) My Lords, I quote the report on South Sudan:“Conflict-related … rape and abduction of women and girls - Speech Link
2: Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (LDEM - Life peer) persecute gay men and women, what sort of attitude will the Government take towards a trade deal with Nigeria - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Women’s Day - Thu 11 Mar 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Maria Miller (CON - Basingstoke) Her abduction has sent shockwaves across the UK. Sarah did everything to avoid danger. - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) In Nigeria, officials have in recent months raised with the Nigerian Government the case of Christian - Speech Link
3: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (LAB - Streatham) Women in my community have been shaken to the core by the abduction of my constituent, Sarah Everard. - Speech Link
4: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) Sex matters.This week, as women responded on social media to the horror of the abduction of Sarah Everard - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Development and Gender-based Violence - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I want to highlight simply two issues: the forcible abduction - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Persecution of Christians - Thu 06 Feb 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Sadly, abduction for the purposes of forced conversion and marriage is a major issue in Pakistan. - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) As its leader, Abubakar Shekau, who pledged allegiance to Daesh, said after the abduction of the Chibok - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Persecution of Christians Overseas - Thu 18 Jul 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) In Nigeria, 3,731 Christians were killed for their faith. - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) Christians—the minority in the north of Nigeria—have been made scapegoats. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) There are similar situations in Libya and in Nigeria, which the hon. - Speech Link
4: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) In Pakistan, Christian women are particularly vulnerable to abduction, rape and forced marriage. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Forced Displacement in Africa - Thu 04 Jul 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Twigg (LAB - Liverpool, West Derby) Gentleman mentioned Nigeria; I will say something about north-east Nigeria in a moment, but he is absolutely - Speech Link
2: Kate Osamor (LAB - Edmonton) , not acted on earnestly by the Federal Government of Nigeria. - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) Incidents such as the Boko Haram abduction become massive global stories but then go away. - Speech Link
4: Harriett Baldwin (CON - West Worcestershire) Our North East Nigeria to Transition to Development programme is our top programme in Nigeria and is - Speech Link