Rehman Chishti
Main Page: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
Rehman Chishti Excerpts(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Maria Miller
My right hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. What I can do is reassure him that we have been working very closely with the Church of England and the Church in Wales, and both organisations feel that there is a set of protections, which the Church of England in particular said it did not want to see changed.
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)
On religious organisations, the Minister will know that 5% of the UK population is Muslim. What proportion of the Muslim community responded to the consultation? How many were for it and how many were against it? My understanding is that not a single mosque responded by supporting the redefinition of marriage.
Maria Miller
My hon. Friend will know that this issue is not about numbers; it is about working together and providing protections to make sure that individuals from whatever faith group can continue to be assured that they can practise according to their faith. That is the point of today’s debate.