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Lords Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) When it comes to national security, the threat of radicalisation and the scourge of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) extremism.In the past few years, the Government have refused to recognise or accept a definition of Islamophobia - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) We have seen an appalling surge in antisemitism and Islamophobia in recent months, and the previous strategy - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) who is marking this significant month in the Islamic calendar.Friday is International Day to Combat Islamophobia - Speech Link
3: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) is being made today, after 16 months of our Government not having an independent adviser to tackle Islamophobia - Speech Link
4: Mark Logan (Con - Bolton North East) One person after another said to me in private that they were fearful of an increasing mood of Islamophobia - Speech Link


MP Financial Interest
Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Baku International Multiculturalism Centre
Address of donor: 9R6M+2MW, Funicular, Shovkat Alakbarova, Baku, Azerbaijan
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (£484), international flights (£560) and subsistence and internal travel (£350), value £1,394
Destination of visit: Azerbaijan
Dates of visit: 7 March 2024 to 12 March 2024
Purpose of visit: To attend and speak on a panel event at the International Conference on Islamophobia 2024 in Baku.
(Registered 19 March 2024; updated 27 March 2024)

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 11th March 2024

Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government plans to respond to the letter of 29 November 2023 from the Hon. Member for Brent Central to the Prime Minister on Islamophobia.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

A response to the Hon Member’s letter was issued by my Hon Friend Baroness Penn on 1 March 2024.


Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate

Feb. 07 2024

Source Page: First Minister's meeting with Jewish student representatives minutes: January 2024
Document: First Minister's meeting with Jewish student representatives minutes: January 2024 (webpage)

Found: his childhood which has continued into his political career, and reflected on his own experiences of islamophobia


Written Question
Railways: Safety
Monday 18th December 2023

Asked by: Stephen Morgan (Labour - Portsmouth South)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of all rail passengers (a) at railway stations and (b) on trains in the context of increases in the number of incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The Secretary of State and I have been closely involved in discussions between the Department and the British Transport Police (BTP) on the impact of and approach to managing protests at railway stations, as well as monitoring any increases in incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Abuse, intimidation or violence – especially that which is religiously motivated - will never be tolerated on the railway. BTP officers will not hesitate to take robust action against those who seek to cause harm or hate.


Early Day Motion
46th anniversary of the murder of Altab Ali (18 Signatures)
2 May 2024
Tabled by: Apsana Begum (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
That this House marks the 46th anniversary of the racially motivated murder of the 25-year-old textile factory worker, Altab Ali, on 4th May 1978; notes that in the 1970s far right activity and racism was prevalent in East London and that Asian and Black people were frequently attacked; recognises that …
Scottish Cross Party Group Publication (Minutes)
Published: 6th Dec 2023
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Challenging Racial and Religious Prejudice
Document: Minute of the meeting held on 6 December 2023 (PDF)

Found: Previous minutes The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed. 2 Review of Islamophobia Awareness


Scottish Cross Party Group Publication (Minutes)
Published: 5th Dec 2023
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Document: Minute of the meeting held on 5 December 2023 (PDF)

Found: Previous minutes The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed. 2 Review of Islamophobia Awareness


Early Day Motion
Closure of the Inter Faith Network (15 Signatures)
23 Feb 2024
Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)
That this House deeply regrets the Government’s announcement that it will cut off funding to the Inter Faith Network; further regrets that this decision came despite new Government funding having been promised; notes with concern that islamophobia is rising and antisemitism in the UK is at the highest level on …