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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lucy Frazer (Con - South East Cambridgeshire) Friend will know, the Football Governance Bill was introduced to Parliament last month, and it will help - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) The Armenian Christians have enjoyed the best part of 2,000 years in their part of the old city in tranquillity - Speech Link
3: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) It would be an absolute tragedy if there were to be no Christians left in the Holy Land. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None They made a virtue of that when the Bill was first taken through Parliament and again when they responded - Speech Link
2: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) this, and I don’t want to have to present it to either House of Parliament because I can’t answer a - Speech Link
3: Lord Willetts (Con - Life peer) list to be laid before Parliament. - Speech Link
4: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) If a Church of England or Catholic school says it will not buy from a country that is persecuting Christians - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) the ban in the Bill as passed by Parliament. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Afghan Refugees: Deportation from Pakistan - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) and, in the words of the United Nations high commissioner,“Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) these Houses of Parliament by Baroness Kennedy and others on gender apartheid? - Speech Link
3: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) Of the estimated 1.7 million refugees on the border, many will be Christians or members of other minority - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) the Pakistani high commissioner based in London continue day in, day out. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
India: Freedom of Religion or Belief - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) It is home to 966 million Hindus, 172 million Muslims, 28 million Christians, 20 million Sikhs, 8 million - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Winchester (Bshp - Bishops) Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance —of which the UK is a member, under the leadership of the Member of Parliament - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) That reflects the importance that we in this Government and in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development - Speech Link
4: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (XB - Life peer) Christians have been persecuted again and again, and Sikhs are told that if they behave like Hindus, - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) and discrimination for their faith—around one in seven Christians worldwide.For those of us living in - Speech Link
2: Lord Carey of Clifton (XB - Life peer) in 2024, Christians viscerally fear the outcome in some countries, in stark contrast to the much less - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Some 82% of all Christians killed for their faith last year were in Nigeria: 4,998 Christians were slaughtered - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I commend the hosting in Parliament by the FoRB envoy of Margaret Attah, survivor of a terrorist attack - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Easter and Christian Culture - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) In many quarters, the Church listened, Christians listened, and I listened, too. - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) In the short time he has been in the House, he has proved himself a superb Member of Parliament and has - Speech Link
3: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) , I hope, an event in Parliament for all Members to celebrate the heritage of England. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) I do not think that we have ever had one in Parliament; I have certainly not attended one. - Speech Link
5: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) in Parliament all-party parliamentary group, which has helped me so much. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) through the system and go to Rwanda need to have their religious beliefs protected, whether they be Christians - Speech Link
2: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South East) “Person A was found guilty in a criminal court but because we in Parliament do not like that, that person - Speech Link
3: None We have sovereignty of Parliament, and we have an elected Parliament. - Speech Link
4: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) She reminds us that this is in fact the third Bill in this area in this Parliament. - Speech Link
5: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) In our system, it is Parliament that is supreme. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) democracy and equal rights—these are the cornerstones of our civilised society that Government and Parliament - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) This is purely about Government; Parliament is, quite rightly, sovereign. - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) Equally, Orthodox Jews, devout evangelical Christians with a particular view of the Bible and devout - Speech Link
4: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) Member on his election as Member of Parliament for Rochdale. - Speech Link
5: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) They have seen the antisemitic slogan “From the river to the sea” projected on to their Parliament—if - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) In February there were, on average, only 97. In March that figure is 162. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) British Parliament, but in institutions such as a Committee of the House, where they could actually have - Speech Link
3: Ranil Jayawardena (Con - North East Hampshire) That comes on top of 8,000 Christians who were killed for their faith last year. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Laura Trott (Con - Sevenoaks) As some Members know, back in 2010, before I became a Member of Parliament, I worked for my noble Friend - Speech Link
2: Laura Trott (Con - Sevenoaks) The Government are protecting the record increase in capital spending over this Parliament, which will - Speech Link
3: Yvonne Fovargue (Lab - Makerfield) A new report published today by Christians Against Poverty highlights that and the fact that many people - Speech Link
4: Tulip Siddiq (Lab - Hampstead and Kilburn) It is the only Parliament on record in which living standards have fallen. - Speech Link