Mentions:
1: None further declares that the definition by the APPG on British Muslims is more appropriate, which defines Islamophobia - Speech Link
2: None and take further steps to tackle Islamophobia in the UK. - Speech Link
3: None With regards to the petition on the definition of Islamophobia, it is an issue to which the Department - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) Make no mistake, Islamophobia is an entire industry.The reality is that Islamophobia has become an acceptable - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) We must take Islamophobia seriously. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) On the anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia that the Minister describes, could she define what that Islamophobia - Speech Link
Found: Tackling Islamophobia
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle Islamophobia.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to the oral answer given by my Hon Friend, the Member for Kensington, on 4 March 2024 (Official Report, HC Volume 746, Column 628).
Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) I rise to present a petition about the need for the Government to formally define Islamophobia to tackle - Speech Link
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to appoint an independent adviser on tackling anti-Muslim hatred.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to the oral answer given by my Hon Friend, the Member for Kensington, on 4 March 2024 (Official Report, HC Volume 746, Column 628).
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with refence to the oral answer of 4 March 2024 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness to the hon. Member for Blaydon, Official Report, column 627, what his planned timetable is for appointing an independent adviser on tackling anti-Muslim hatred.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to the oral answer given by my Hon Friend, the Member for Kensington on 4 March 2024 (Official Report, HC Volume 746, Column 627).
Further details will be set out in due course.
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10238 on Islamophobia, whether his Department defines anti-Muslim hatred as a manifestation of (a) racial, (b) religious or (c) other discrimination as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement made on 14 March 2024 (Official Report, HC, Volume 747, Column 452).
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 10238 on Islamophobia, whether the Government has provided funding to organisations other than Tell MAMA to provide support to the victims of anti-Muslim hatred.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement made on 14 March 2024 (Official Report, HC, Volume 747, Column 452).