Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how they marked Red Wednesday on 22 November, with particular reference to the rise in religious persecution in Africa, and whether they noted the associated presence in London of two survivors of the terrorist attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, in which 40 people died, and their plea to the UK and Nigerian governments to work with one another in bringing the perpetrators to justice.

Promoting the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all is one of the UK's longstanding human rights priorities.

To mark Red Wednesday this year, FCDO buildings lit up in red, demonstrating our solidarity with Christians and all people across the world facing persecution because of their faith or beliefs.

The UK Prime Minister's Special Envoy for FoRB, Fiona Bruce MP, hosted a gathering of Parliamentarians, where they heard from Margaret Attah, a survivor of a terrorist attack on St Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, and her husband, Dominic.

We continue to call for those who committed this attack to be brought to justice and held to account.