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Westminster Hall
Balochistan: Human Rights - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) demand that those who had been forcibly abducted were produced in courts, the marchers, mainly women and children - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) Does he also share my grave concerns about Pakistan’s treatment of Afghan refugees who have fled to the - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Finally, on the protection of refugees and asylum seekers, could we look at how asylum policies are being - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) terror, to carry out their fraudulent activity and to cause devastating harm to innocent people such as children - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) Indeed, she mentioned in particular the harm done to children. We take that incredibly seriously. - Speech Link
3: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) and national security threats such as child abuse being perpetrated and spread online, putting young children - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Refugees, political exiles and human rights advocates who have sought refuge in the UK deserve the assurance - Speech Link
5: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) House to legislate for the security of the British people and, in particular, for the safety of our children - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None international law, the Government need to reconsider their approach, both generally in relation to refugees - Speech Link
2: None Queer LGBT refugees often face societal pressure and discrimination, with instances of anti-LGBT+ groups - Speech Link
3: None Rwandan officials claim that queer refugees should not fear persecution as they do not criminalise them - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) anyone with experience of dealing with asylum anywhere in the world will tell you that, for a great many refugees - Speech Link
5: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) claiming that Rwanda is a safe country, and in ensuring that the way it deals with asylum claims from LGBT refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part two - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (XB - Life peer) We are delighted when the International Criminal Court indicts Mr Putin for abducting Ukrainian children - Speech Link
2: None laid before Parliament a report based on evidence obtained by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) rather, it enables the Rwandan partnership to continue if the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) sunset provision as suggested.Rwanda has a long history of supporting and integrating asylum seekers and refugees - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) strong history of providing protection to those who need it, and it currently hosts more than 135,000 refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) It is important to note that, on 22 January, the Guardian reported that at least 1,300 child refugees - Speech Link
2: None experiencing homelessness, and children in forced begging”. - Speech Link
3: None It is a state party to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees and to the seven core UN human - Speech Link
4: None We will disapply the UK Human Rights Act from asylum seekers and refugees in the Illegal Migration Act - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Palestinian State: UK Recognition - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) are the practicalities for Jordan in preparing for or aiding a two-state solution, where the flow of refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) It is a chilling statistic that since 7 October, 96 Palestinian children have been killed in the West - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Deportation of Foreign National Offenders - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) The EU does not have the answers.According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) That included 900 rapists, and some of those offences were committed against children as young as 13. - Speech Link
3: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) The same will no doubt happen to young Somalis in Glasgow, who have become our children irrespective - Speech Link
4: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”The Bible may not talk about asylum seekers and refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
NHS Dentistry: Recovery and Reform - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) This begins by supporting parents to give their children the best possible start. - Speech Link
2: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) Unbelievably, there have been reports of Ukrainian refugees booking dentist appointments back home and - Speech Link
3: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) We believe that most parents do a great job of looking after their children. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) population soared by a third to accommodate 2 million displaced people from Mosul as well as Syrian refugees - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Over the years, I have worked with the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees—Dashty Jamal, in particular - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Those attacks killed 20 people, including civilian women, refugees and children.The long-running conflict - 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) I remember being outraged when I first heard about Boko Haram’s actions against women and children and - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The innocence of children is at stake, and I believe we have more to give.When I used to get tired at - Speech Link
3: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) That is why the UK Government must ensure that there are safe and legal routes for refugees fleeing to - Speech Link
4: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) When young people have no decent access to jobs, and families are without education for their children - Speech Link