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Lords Chamber
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) from liberal democracy, and the great changes in technology, as we see in social media and so on, mean - Speech Link
2: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) Sadly, social media and mainstream news outlets, including elements of the UK Government, could be complicit - Speech Link
3: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con - Life peer) relatively quiet, ordinary life.I met many other people who talked to me of friendships they had across religion - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Easter and Christian Culture - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) We have a society in which freedom of religion is cherished and protected under the rule of law. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand. - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) scheme, run by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lanka: Human Rights - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) regardless of ethnicity or religion. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I will speak about the freedom of religion or belief, which is encompassed within the definition of human - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) even if their comments were made on social media. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Proposals to strengthen the regulation of non-governmental organisations and broadcast media raise fears - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None Freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, the rule of law, democracy and equal rights—these - Speech Link
2: None While the Government in no way intend to restrict freedom of expression, religion or belief, we cannot - Speech Link
3: None Islam is a great faith, a religion of peace that provides spiritual nourishment for millions, inspires - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) The way in which it has come out in the media has caused some issues. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) China is the most egregious offender in this regard, with its actions on religion in Xinjiang and in - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) in Committee in the Lords. - Speech Link
3: None It was a reminder that the social media bubble that has become so dominant does not reflect mainstream - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Despite limited attention from international media, the situation on the ground in Armenia remains critical - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) , because that is what I do in this House as chair of the APPG for international freedom of religion - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) A couple of years ago, he encouraged the Azerbaijani media to refer to Armenian settlements by Azerbaijani - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) raised the important issue of freedom of religion, and I entirely - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
India: Democratic Freedoms - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) media market while those are not reciprocal for broadcasters such as the BBC within India? - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) This Government stand up for media freedom and the protection of media. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Leicester (Bshp - Bishops) their allies to defend the freedom of religion and belief in India? - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) freedom of religion or belief globally. - Speech Link
5: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) because of their ethnicity and religion. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) While the Government in no way intend to restrict freedom of expression, religion or belief, we cannot - Speech Link
2: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) to the media, who is likely to engage with them? - Speech Link
3: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) dark web, but at least in part by the mainstream media. - Speech Link
4: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) I am grateful to many media outlets for shining a light on extremism, from the BBC to The Times. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Gale (Lab - Life peer) in the workplace.Where are women in the political life of the UK? - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) other aspects of identity—class, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, ethnicity and religion—all - Speech Link
3: Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge (Con - Life peer) Women may withdraw from social media and sometimes even from normal life. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) world, the oppression of various forms of state and organised religion used to suppress women, and the - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) public life and the media. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) that used to be a regular feature of the media in the 1980s. - Speech Link
2: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) Religion and religious expression is as intrinsic to the identity of some people as sexuality. - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) That means that illegal content, including content that incites hate on the grounds of race, religion - Speech Link