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, what steps he is taking to help tackle anti-Muslim hatred.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to the Questions UIN 16017 and Question UIN 16019 on 1 March 2024.
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, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting the APPG on British Muslims’ definition of Islamophobia.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN 10238 on 23 January 2024.
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, whether it remains his policy to adopt a definition of Islamophobia.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN 10238 on 23 January 2024.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Altmann (Con - Life peer) Sisters Uncut claimed that reports of Hamas sex attacks amounted to Islamophobia and racist weaponisation - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) What steps he is taking to tackle Islamophobia. - Speech Link
2: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) For almost two years this Tory Government have failed to appoint an independent adviser on Islamophobia - Speech Link
3: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) Like so many, I am fearful of the inability to call out Islamophobia becoming a scaremongering tactic - Speech Link
4: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) Next Friday 15 March marks the UN’s International Day to Combat Islamophobia. - Speech Link
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, if he will hold discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on the potential merits of appointing an independent adviser on tackling Islamophobia.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
We continue to work closely with community groups, charities and schools to inform our position on tackling racially and religiously motivated discrimination as a whole – including anti-Muslim discrimination.
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, if he will take steps to appoint an independent adviser on tackling Islamophobia.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
We continue to work closely with community groups, charities and schools to inform our position on tackling racially and religiously motivated discrimination as a whole – including anti-Muslim discrimination.
Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) non-crime hate incidents, meaning that the personal details of people who perpetrate anti-Semitism and Islamophobia - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) Anti-Semitism has been said to be a “light sleeper”, but it is very much wide awake at this time, and a lot of Islamophobia - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) We have seen a huge rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia, hate and the intimidation of elected representatives - Speech Link
2: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) week, the Government-funded organisation Tell MAMA published its latest data on anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent Central) The post of independent adviser on Islamophobia has been vacant for over a year, but the Government are - Speech Link