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Commons Chamber
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) In Nigeria, thousands of Christians and some moderate Muslims are being massacred by Islamic extremists - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) acute that creating this special role permanently, as Parliament wishes, is a really important step in - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) an amazing country, but many of us will have been horrified by the regular and active persecution of Christians - Speech Link
4: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) As speakers have outlined this morning, the concept initially focused on Christians being persecuted - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I also thank Anthony Wickins and his colleagues for coming to Parliament this week to promote and help - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) Perhaps Parliament could even show one of the independent films, which have nothing to do with the conflict - Speech Link
3: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) Yesterday, the Trussell Trust came to Parliament to update hon. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I am troubled by the recent arrest and conviction of Christians belonging to the Montagnard minority - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UNRWA - Wed 15 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) families and a recent comment that I heard was that there are 25 nationalities, and there are Jews, Christians - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (XB - Life peer) that part of the world can be mounted, particularly in Gaza but also in the West Bank, without UNRWA - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Does the Minister agree that the Government should be as clear with us in Parliament as the US State - Speech Link
4: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) European Hospital, has had staff leaving in droves as the IDF start active combat in Rafah. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
China - Wed 15 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) people such as Charlie Parton, the former diplomat who has done a lot of great work advising Members of Parliament - Speech Link
2: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) Parliament, is a long-term, whole-of-state strategy used by the Chinese Communist Party to further its - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Not in Mandarin, no—in English. - Speech Link
4: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) It is good to have a Welsh Member of Parliament in the Chair, Ms Rees, and you will, I am sure, well - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) recognised that China’s aggressive actions violate the human rights of Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, Christians - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) , and I have visited 18 of them during the course of being a Member of Parliament and when I was in commerce - Speech Link
2: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) It is not just interfaith dialogue among Jews, Christians and Muslims in Morocco; even more importantly - Speech Link
3: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) very serious allegations from various friends in the Moroccan Parliament. - Speech Link
4: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) Last week, along with the ambassador for Morocco, I attended a seminar on Morocco in Parliament, which - Speech Link
5: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) Will the Foreign Office review that position again after this debate in Parliament and in line with all - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Parliament who believe in human rights and the rule of law. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) interest as much as in mine and in everybody else’s. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) There are some 1.2 million Christians in Iran, and their human rights are suppressed, as is their religious - Speech Link
4: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) Christians and Baha’is are subject to persecution, as are those of other faiths.As we have heard, if - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Immigration: Costs - Tue 07 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Andrea Jenkyns (Con - Morley and Outwood) whose progressive agenda dominates public discourse, or even by fellow Members of Parliament. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) those with Christian faith, those with other faiths, and indeed those with no faith.With persecution of Christians - Speech Link
3: Adam Holloway (Con - Gravesham) That is not lost on those making these daily boat crossings.I think I am the only Member of Parliament - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) telephone call with the constituency office of Glasgow South West, as they do with other Members of Parliament - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Security in the Western Balkans - Thu 02 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) The statement, and multiple votes and debates in the EU Parliament, have shown that the international - Speech Link
2: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) He is held in high esteem in this House, in Parliament and in the outside world for the role that he - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) my 14 years as a Member of Parliament, and I can honestly say that I cannot recall a warmer welcome - Speech Link
4: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) On that national day of celebration, I had the experience of listening in the Parliament of Kosovo to - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 02 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) On the matter of security, he will know that there is a working group, led by the Houses of Parliament - Speech Link
2: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) Indeed, it will very shortly be the 25th anniversary of the first sitting of the Scottish Parliament. - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) That is what this democratic Parliament has decided to do, because the British people wish us to do it - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Will the Leader of the House join me in condemning the atrocities against Christians in Sudan, and what - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) The report provides a sobering account of the extreme difficulties faced by many Christians around the - Speech Link
2: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) It is unacceptable that Christians are persecuted simply for practising their religion. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) As she will know, Darfur is a particular focus of the British Government—and indeed of Parliament, through - Speech Link