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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2024
Business of the House

"I associate myself with the very justifiable compliments that have been paid to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your work in this place.

Would the Leader of the House be good enough to make representations for my private Member’s Bill, the Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill, …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 May 2024
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The clue is in the title: the Prime Minister’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief. “Belief” indicates that there are some who do not hold a religious belief but who are equally entitled to our support, advocacy and protection on account of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 May 2024
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill

"I thank my right hon. Friend for highlighting the importance of interfaith dialogue. I must not miss the opportunity to promote one of the projects being undertaken by the international alliance of 43 countries. We have a working group on interfaith dialogue, which was launched this year, and we are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 May 2024
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill

"My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. May I augment what she has just said about the international alliance? Just this week, three members of its council of experts produced a report on the continuing atrocities in Manipur, which have been going on for a year. I am …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 May 2024
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill

"I hesitate to correct the Minister but, just for the record, an additional prisoner of conscience was released very recently, which is why I referred to four, not three...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 May 2024
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill

"I thank my right hon. Friends the Members for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) and for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley), and my hon. Friend the Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Dr Cameron) for their speeches today. In particular, I thank the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Hornsey …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 May 2024
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill

"I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

It has been a long journey to get this Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill to this point. I am grateful for the cross-party and public efforts and acknowledge the international interest in it. …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 17 May 2024
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill

"I thank my right hon. Friend for her intervention, and even more so for her work as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Sudan and South Sudan, as well as for her acknowledgment of the importance of freedom of religion or belief when she was a Minister in the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 May 2024
Security in the Western Balkans

"As the Prime Minister’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, I had the privilege of visiting Kosovo in February, having been encouraged to do so by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron. I went to discussions on freedom of religion or belief with Government Ministers, civil society and faith …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 May 2024
Security in the Western Balkans

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. On that national day of celebration, I had the experience of listening in the Parliament of Kosovo to reflections by leader after leader about the progress their country has made in democracy, in governance and in other ways over the past 16 …..."
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