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Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) its brutality and violence, for undermining human rights and democracy, and for being a terrorist paramilitary - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Parliament who believe in human rights and the rule of law. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) involved in human rights violations and other hostile activities committed by the Iranian regime, the - Speech Link
4: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) deal with day in, day out—in particular the human rights abuses that are mostly meted out to women and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) law and security—the Geneva conventions, the universal declaration of human rights, the nuclear non-proliferation - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) the South China sea, but on the coasts of Africa, in the Gulf and in the high north. - Speech Link
3: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) human dignity for any modern nation state and alliance. - Speech Link
4: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) As a member of the UN Security Council, the UK’s continued role as a bastion of global rights and democracy - Speech Link
5: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) We are the party of NATO and Labour’s values of democracy, freedom and peace are embedded in its founding - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
International Workers Memorial Day 2024 - Wed 01 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) register of trade union interests.Freedom of association is a basic human right. - Speech Link
2: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) the same people exploiting workers in the sweatshops of the far east and taking away their rights on - Speech Link
3: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) all manner of workers’ rights in the firefighting services. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) who cannot have the freedom of human rights and are persecuted across all of Pakistan. - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) democracy and all human rights. - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) Silencing of Democracy in Nicaragua”, outlining widespread, grave and brutal human rights violations - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) review and in March as part of our item 4 statement at the UN Human Rights Council. - Speech Link
5: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) Will the Minister intervene and impress on them their human rights obligations? - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Military action: Parliament's role - CBP-10001
Apr. 19 2024

Found: Government in respect of the Suez Canal Company and resolved to support the legitimate rights of the


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
Document: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024 (webpage)

Found: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024


Parliamentary Research
The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea - CBP-10000
Apr. 18 2024

Found: The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea


Written Question
Sudan: Democracy and Human Rights
Thursday 18th April 2024

Asked by: Jessica Morden (Labour - Newport East)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of international coordination on supporting (a) peace, (b) human rights and (c) democracy in Sudan.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

The UK is working with a wide range of partners, including Gulf and African countries, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and the UN, to take forward a sustained and meaningful peace process that leads to the resumption of civilian rule in Sudan. We continue to support mediation efforts and urge both warring parties to engage constructively to secure a ceasefire and ensure humanitarian access.


Select Committee
Promoter Evidence Part 1 of 4

Scrutiny evidence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee

Found: Schedule to the Human Rights Act


Bill Documents
16 Apr 2024 - Written evidence
Promoter Evidence Part 1 [Pages 1 to 105]
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] 2022-23

Found: Schedule to the Human Rights Act