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Lords Chamber
Asylum Seekers: Convictions - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) therefore commit to an urgent review of the criteria used in assessing asylum claims, including alleged religious - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) asylum claims are considered carefully on their individual merits, including issues relating to the freedom - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) It is the fear of persecution if returned, on the grounds of religious conversion, especially from Islam - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Christian, I have Christian faith, and I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group for international freedom - 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) Its state institutions are secular and its religious faith moderate. - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Freedom Day—which is on 3 May each year—and Iraq is ranked 167th for press freedom out of 180 countries - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) made about media freedom are well received. - 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) We must take action to address the systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom - Speech Link
2: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) Let us work towards fostering a society where religious freedom is not simply a principle that we debate - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) freedom in the country. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day - Fri 02 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of London (Bshp - Bishops) He said that with freedom from captivity and death comes freedom to be, and that with freedom to be comes - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) The fragility of freedom is close to us now. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Altmann (Con - Life peer) We must not take freedom for granted. - Speech Link
4: Lord Parekh (Lab - Life peer) Thirdly, and just as importantly, is the pseudo-religious orientation. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) The Leader of the House will know that under article 9 our rights to freedom of religious worship are - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) This week, as is mostly the case, my question is focused on the persecution of religious groups across - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The issue of freedom and democracy in Iran, especially the freedom of religion or belief, continues to - Speech Link
2: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) According to Freedom House, Iran has decreased its total global freedom status from a derisory 14 out - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) It is very clear that religious minorities face continued abuses of their most basic rights. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Media Bill
Report stage - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: None I hope that we will not hear any nonsense from the Front Bench about freedom of the press, because what - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) She said:“In 2003 ITV successfully lobbied Ofcom for its PSB quotas for arts and religious content to - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) We have put forward measures in the Bill to give Channel 4 greater freedom. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) More recently, as he alluded to, we are expressing strong support for freedom of navigation on the high - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Eritrea ranks towards the bottom of the world press freedom index. - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) partners at a number of levels to ensure credible monitoring not only of the violence and threats against religious - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We continue strongly to support freedom of navigation on the high seas and to seek to make progress on - Speech Link
5: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Because his voice of freedom is such a threat to Putin. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Since that time, we have supported Ukraine in maintaining its freedom. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) there is potential for and actual massive cultural damage in conflict, including the destruction of religious - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) This year’s theme is the fragility of freedom. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) President Zelensky concluded his article by saying:“The UK has always defended freedom. - Speech Link