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Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) We have a proud history of promoting religious freedom in the United Kingdom, so we should be doing more - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bshp - Bishops) Religious freedom and tolerance need to be nurtured and guarded nationally and locally. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) noble Lord, Lord Curry, mentioned India; Laos has jumped 10 places to 21st in the watch-list; Cuba and Mexico - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) That is where the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance was born. - Speech Link


Deposited Papers
Home Office

Mar. 15 2012

Source Page: Equal civil marriage: a consultation. consultation paper. 25 p.
Document: DEP2012-0483.pdf (PDF)

Found: solemnized on religious premises i.e. through a religious ceremony.


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief - Tue 19 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) of religion or belief, and from my role as the chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) list, given the way that all freedoms are suppressed by its despotic regime, but other names, such as Mexico - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We can tie human rights and freedom of religious belief in with aid. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) The US Commission on International Religious Freedom identified 16 countries of particular concern in - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK Export Performance - Mon 18 Sep 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Aaron Bell (CON - Newcastle-under-Lyme) on imports of things such as fruit juices from Chile and Peru in South America, and chocolate from Mexico - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Freedom of movement is great for economic benefit. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I will mention, in a Westminster Hall debate on religious persecution which starts at 9.30 am tomorrow - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
3rd reading - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) world—we see them from China to Colombia, from Bangladesh to Angola, from Cambodia to Qatar and from Mexico - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) That is testimony to the Government’s respect for freedom of speech. - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) It constricts the freedom of expression of religious groups, trade unions and elected councillors. - Speech Link
4: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) and go against the academic freedom that is enjoyed on university campuses? - Speech Link
5: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) of speech, not least on campus and with academic freedom at its heart. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Eritrea ranks towards the bottom of the world press freedom index. - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) partners at a number of levels to ensure credible monitoring not only of the violence and threats against religious - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We continue strongly to support freedom of navigation on the high seas and to seek to make progress on - Speech Link
4: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) Will the Minister commit to working with countries such as Chile, Brazil, Peru and Mexico to deliver - Speech Link
5: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Because his voice of freedom is such a threat to Putin. - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
The UK and Global Freedom of Religion or Belief - CBP-9849
Sep. 14 2023

Found: The UK and Global Freedom of Religion or Belief


Select Committee
Session 2022-23 List of Subjects Debated

Minutes and decisions Dec. 01 2023

Committee: Backbench Business Committee

Found: 65.25 (24 .25) 16 O ctober 2023 Early Years Childcare ** Chamber 1 41 65 (24) 19 September 2023 Freedom


Select Committee
Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
MUL0014 - International relations within the multilateral system

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral system
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 5 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) 6 The International Religious


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Gale (Lab - Life peer) We need more women in positions of power for women to achieve economic and financial freedom. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) also be many Muslim women who are not in legally registered marriages, such as those who have had a religious - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) politician, was slain days before she was due to lead a demo demanding security for trans people in Mexico - Speech Link