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Commons Chamber
Conversion Practices (Prohibition) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 01 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) not like the fact that a priest or another religious figure can stand up on their religious day and - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) of thought, freedom of speech and freedom of expression. - Speech Link
3: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) He is right that the Bill would interfere with people’s freedom and freedom of expression. - Speech Link
4: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) of thought, conscience and religion…the right to freedom of expression…and the right to freedom of assembly - Speech Link
5: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) There would be a real chilling effect on expression of religion and freedom of religious belief. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Security of Elected Representatives - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) who elect us are free to choose the individual they want—and if the individual they choose has the freedom - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) Given the ignorance around many other faith communities, how might priority be given to religious literacy - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) perspectives of experts in this field, which I hope would include the right reverend Prelate, to explore how religious - Speech Link
4: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) Yesterday in this Chamber, we spent some time talking about the importance of the freedom of the press - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) and that we should encourage freedom. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Security of Elected Representatives - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) are free to choose the individual they wish, and if that individual—the one they have chosen—has the freedom - Speech Link
2: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley Central) right—if that freedom is used to intimidate, harass or harm MPs and other representatives, including - Speech Link
3: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) particularly bothered whether someone’s fascism comes from some weird form of nationalist extremism, or religious - Speech Link
4: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) There is freedom of belief and freedom of religious expression, which also means the freedom not to believe - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
2nd reading - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) and freedom of expression. - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) and freedom of expression. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Leeds (Bshp - Bishops) Freedom of speech and press freedom must not be confused with press protectionism. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) the public, could at least safeguard press freedom. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) and non-religious views in the UK, and could it result in essential programming being overlooked? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) through both hard and soft power, and part of a country that stands four-square behind the cause of freedom - Speech Link
2: Lord Eames (XB - Life peer) experience of Northern Ireland has been to share the frustration of so many ordinary, decent people of all religious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Freedom of navigation underpins not only our security but our prosperity. - Speech Link
2: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) were to move into that area, would they step in to stop them destroying these essential historical and religious - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) Friend’s statement, and I support the necessary actions of self-defence to secure freedom of navigation - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) a period time, that will have a negative impact, which is why it is important to make it clear that freedom - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Financial Risk Checks for Gambling - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) The Conservative party used to believe in individual freedom and individual responsibility, and some - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) It is a human issue; it is not a principle of freedom versus non-freedom. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) They are not about openness, freedom and choice; they are the last people to be interested in that. - Speech Link
4: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Like me, they believe in personal responsibility and freedom, and they like a day at the races. - Speech Link
5: David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) Therefore, religious leaders were outraged and politicians were constantly trying to restrain all the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) All buildings used for religious worship are also eligible for the Home Office’s hate crime protection - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) implementation of much of the groundbreaking Truro review, the UK is now seen as a global leader on religious - Speech Link
3: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) Friend’s International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill had a successful Second Reading in this House - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Inter Faith Network Closure - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) I am proud to represent the constituency in this country with the greatest adherence to religious faith - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) nurturing tolerance, understanding, and the dialogue that is so important between people of different religious - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I declare an interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for international freedom of religion - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ministry of Defence: Diversity, Equality and Inclusion - Thu 22 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) Hill, which commemorate the tens of thousands of Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom - Speech Link
2: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) This is not about wokefulness but about reflecting the ethnic, religious and cognitive diversity of our - Speech Link