Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) There are potentially hundreds of Hindus, Sikhs and Christians being mistreated in this way, including - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) With rising violence, many Sikhs have fled Pakistan’s north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due - Speech Link
3: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Friend that I am committed to making FORB an even greater priority in my work over the months ahead.The British - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) From Amnesty International to the British Red Cross, from Human Rights Watch to Islamic Relief: thank - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) The first is the chair, Carol Ng Man-yee, a British Airways cabin crew worker we worked with in major - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Nigeria; the brutal treatment of Uyghurs and other minority groups in China; violence against Hindus, Sikhs - Speech Link
4: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) Member for Sutton Coldfield, in the main Chamber whether Israel had used British-made weapons for war - Speech Link
Found: Watson 9 January 2024 Securing Religious Freedom: Why British Leadership on FoRB Should Be Written
Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) Friend the Leader of the House said on party politics, having a plan and delivering for the British people.Next - Speech Link
2: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) My constituent is one of six British Sikhs on an “enemies of the state” hit list of 20, broadcast on - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I know he is focused on the protection of British nationals, ensuring that people can be returned to - Speech Link
Asked by: Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help provide reassurances to Sikhs on their (a) safety and (b) security in the context of recent steps taken by the Indian Government.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Hatred towards Sikhs is completely abhorrent and has no place in our society. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partners to monitor and combat it.
More broadly, we continue to look at tackling all forms of religious hatred. The department is currently seeking the views and perspectives of domestic and international experts in this field to explore how religious hatred is experienced by British communities today. This work will include anti-Sikh hatred
In 2023/24, the Home Office is providing up to £50.9 million to protect faith communities. This includes £18 million through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant, £29.4 million through the new Protective Security for Mosques scheme and a scheme for Muslim faith schools, and £3.5 million for the places of worship of other (non-Muslim and non-Jewish) faiths.
The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding (PoW) Scheme provides physical protective security measures, such as CCTV, intruder alarms and secure perimeter fencing to places of worship and associated faith community centres of all other (non-Muslim and non-Jewish) faiths that are particularly vulnerable to religiously or racially motivated hate crime in England and Wales.
Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) Jews with the state of Israel; being a British Jew means being a British citizen. - Speech Link
2: Fabian Hamilton (Lab - Leeds North East) They were proud British Jews. - Speech Link
3: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) what their lives have been like.Were we to be having a debate on the history of Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs - Speech Link
4: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) civil society—the whole of British life. - Speech Link
5: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) We must celebrate the British Jewish community and we must have a British Jewish history month. - Speech Link
Dec. 29 2023
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024Found: For services to Music Abroad Order of the British Empire Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British
Dec. 29 2023
Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024Found: For services to Music (Abroad)Order of the British Empire Dames and Knights Grand Cross of the Order
Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) , too.Some decry the loss of the Christian message from Christmas, seeing that as an undermining of British - Speech Link
2: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) We also remember that around the world British servicemen and women will be working for peace and to - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Jews, Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists all, in their own way, talk of peace, love, respect and the - Speech Link
Dec. 14 2023
Source Page: National research environment for the study of extremism in the UKFound: CREST receives funding via UKRI from British intelligence and security agencies as well as from the