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Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) A very short distance from Yemen’s violent and chaotic coast lies Somaliland. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) Friend the Defence Secretary considered engaging with the currently unrecognised country of Somaliland - Speech Link
2: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) I know that my right hon. and learned Friend is a big fan of Somaliland. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Red Sea Update - Mon 05 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) there been of extending outreach in a winning combination of the two, utilising the port of Berbera in Somaliland - Speech Link
2: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, some time ago, I proposed to the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, that Somaliland be recognised - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill
2nd reading - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) cases she publicly supported in 2022, two were released last year: Hannah Abdimalik, a Christian in Somaliland - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Religious Persecution and the World Watch List - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) so please support that campaign.Other cases include that of 27-year-old Hoodo Abdi Abdillahi, from Somaliland—I - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defending the UK and Allies - Mon 15 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) With the recent deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland opening up the real possibility of international - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) The most recent is young Hanna Abdimalik from Somaliland, a 24-year-old who converted to Christianity - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Republic of Somaliland (Recognition) - Tue 04 Jul 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) given to bring in a Bill to require His Majesty’s Government to recognise formally the Republic of Somaliland - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sudan - Wed 26 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) I know the IGAD representative, the former Foreign Minister of Somaliland, who had been doing good work - Speech Link