Special Report Apr. 25 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: given to the Committee by representatives from The Community Security Trust and the Campaign Against Antisemitism
Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) This proscription further demonstrates our unwavering commitment to fighting antisemitism and our unfaltering - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) He is completely correct that we have sadly seen an increase in that area as well as in antisemitism, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) A Christian is killed every two hours somewhere in the world, antisemitism is on the rise, we see Uyghur - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Turnberg (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any evidence that UNRWA is inciting hatred of Jews in the textbooks it provides in its schools in Gaza.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We regularly discuss issues related to the school curriculum and textbooks with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and UNRWA. The UK-supported 2021 review of the PA curriculum found improvements in content, with previously flagged materials removed. But it also indicated that problematic content remains in Palestinian textbooks: we therefore need to see further curriculum reform from the PA, and we continue to raise this with them regularly. UNRWA and the PA are engaging seriously on this issue.
Antisemitism is abhorrent and has absolutely no place in any society, and we are committed to tackling it in all its forms.
Asked by: Brendan Clarke-Smith (Conservative - Bassetlaw)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Second Report of the House of Lords Conduct Committee of Session 2023-2024 on The conduct of Lord Mann, HL95, published on 27 March 2024, what discussions he has had with the Antisemitism Policy Trust on the use of staff funded by his Department for non-Departmental work.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Government regularly engages with the Trust among a range of other stakeholders to understand and respond to antisemitism.
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: We strongly reject all forms of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred. 3.
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) pen would have removed protection from stirring up of hatred against those who suffer racist abuse, antisemitism - Speech Link
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Those are almost 7,000 people who have been the victims of racist abuse, antisemitism, Islamophobia and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) mounting public concern at the time about a rise in all forms of hate crime, particularly in relation to antisemitism - Speech Link
2: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) Racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny are all wrong. - Speech Link
3: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) out of his way to highlight the particularly challenging circumstances of growing Islamophobia and antisemitism - Speech Link
4: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) Let us have a thought for the people in those groups, such as those who are suffering from antisemitism - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) He tried to make his predecessor Prime Minister, despite him opposing NATO and Trident, ignoring antisemitism - Speech Link
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the terms and conditions of the next round of the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant will be announced; and if he will take steps to ensure that there is no gap in the provision of funding from that grant.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The safety and security of the Jewish community is of the utmost importance to the Government. In light of the Israel/Hamas conflict and its impact on domestic hate crime, the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement confirmed that protective security funding for the Jewish community will be maintained at £18 million in 2024/25. In February 2024, in response to reports of increased incidents of antisemitism in the UK, the Prime Minister announced that CST will receive the same level of funding each year to 2027/28 (totalling £54 million for 2025-2028).
The Community Security Trust will continue to manage the grant on behalf of the Home Office, providing protective security measures (such as guarding, CCTV and alarm systems) at Jewish schools, colleges, nurseries, and other Jewish community sites, as well as a number of synagogues.