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Lords Chamber
Education (Assemblies) Bill [HL]
3rd reading - Wed 08 Dec 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) the Bill well on its next stages in the other place, where the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Freedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN Declaration - Thu 25 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) not to believe.Just one of the many people in prison for alleged blasphemy is the president of the Humanist - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Wed 24 Nov 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Crispin Blunt (CON - Reigate) That is a little unlikely, speaking as the gay chair of the all-party parliamentary humanist group. - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Islamophobia Awareness Month - Wed 24 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Hopkins (LAB - Luton South) Gorton (Afzal Khan) on securing this important debate during Islamophobia Awareness Month.I speak as a humanist - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) opposite-sex couples, thus completing the equation of equal status.There is more to do: we should legislate on humanist - Speech Link

Public Bill Committees
Judicial Review and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 04 Nov 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) Three humanist families successfully challenged the guidance, in a groundbreaking judgment that established - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (LAB - Hammersmith) briefly go through a handful of the cases that were cited.In one case, the right to a Cart appeal saved a humanist - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Oct 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell (LAB - Life peer) I am, like her, a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, which gives support to all those - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Education (Assemblies) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 10 Sep 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Massey of Darwen (LAB - Life peer) I am a humanist and a member of the National Secular Society. I do not have a faith. - Speech Link
2: Lord Dubs (LAB - Life peer) I should say that I am a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group and I applaud the initiative - Speech Link
3: Lord Desai (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I am a humanist and, while not a Satanist, certainly not a God-ist. - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Religious Minorities: Land Rights - Thu 22 Apr 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) solidarity between Baha’is, Muslims, Christians, Jews and people of all faiths and those of secular and humanist - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Freedom of Religion or Belief - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Humanists International made some powerful points about the impact on the humanist movement, and the - Speech Link