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Westminster Hall
Christmas, Christianity and Communities - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) the 11 countries where there is extreme persecution of Christians are Commonwealth members: Nigeria, Pakistan - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Arbitration Bill [HL]
Second reading committee - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Mance (XB - Life Peer (judicial)) met with it, and I was one of the judgment writers in a case called Dallah against the Government of Pakistan - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pakistan: Afghans Eligible for Resettlement in UK - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) Relocations and Assistance Policy, or the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, who are currently in Pakistan - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) My Lords, Afghans in third countries, including Pakistan, who are eligible for resettlement to the UK - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) My Lords, has the Minister read today’s Daily Telegraph, in which the Pakistan Prime Minister cites the - Speech Link
4: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) My Lords, how many visas have been issued to eligible Afghans in Pakistan since the Government’s recent - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Persecution of Buddhists: Tibet - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) associated with freedom of religion or belief that concern him, including the impact of blasphemy laws in Pakistan - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Afghan Resettlement Update - Wed 13 Dec 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Steve McCabe (Lab - Birmingham, Selly Oak) Thousands are still waiting in Pakistan. - Speech Link
2: Johnny Mercer (Con - Plymouth, Moor View) I do not want anybody to be in a hotel for a day longer than they want to be, whether in Pakistan or - Speech Link
3: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) I very much welcome the fact that the Minister is doing that for the remaining people in Pakistan and - Speech Link
4: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) , because it seems very much as if the Government are watching as Pakistan sends people back into the - Speech Link
5: Dan Carden (Lab - Liverpool, Walton) They cannot afford exit visas from Pakistan, and the UNHCR is not currently paying for exit payments. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) Whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Pakistan on the Maira Shahbaz case. - Speech Link
2: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) We strongly condemn forced marriage and the forced conversion of women and girls, including in Pakistan - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is clear that there is an epidemic in Pakistan of the kidnapping and abuse of young girls. - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) As well as making representations at a senior level, we fund programmes in Pakistan working to address - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Their relatives fled to Pakistan and had to leave everything behind, including their paperwork. - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) This morning, I mentioned the case of Maira Shahbaz, who was raped and abducted in Pakistan, and who - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Former Afghan Special Forces: Deportation - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, 200 special forces are unable to leave Pakistan or are under threat of being returned there - Speech Link
2: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) They are implementing both schemes to the agreed guidelines at pace, in Afghanistan, Pakistan and here - Speech Link
3: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) This hardly seems appropriate for people who are facing rapid expulsion from Pakistan and almost equally - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) There are 2,500 people with approval currently in Pakistan, with whom we have very good relations, and - Speech Link
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) hundred people back directly from Pakistan. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Former Afghan Special Forces: Deportation - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) State for Defence if he will make a statement on former Afghan special forces facing deportation from Pakistan - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) said that they had“received assurances from the Government of Pakistan that Afghans being supported… - Speech Link
3: James Heappey (Con - Wells) Both are entirely comfortable with the assurances we have received from the Pakistan Government that - Speech Link
4: James Heappey (Con - Wells) and from Pakistan to the UK. - Speech Link
5: James Heappey (Con - Wells) For those who are in Pakistan with an acceptance or eligibility, we have been working with the Pakistan - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tackling Islamophobia - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) recently accompanied my local dean, Andy Bowerman from Bradford cathedral, on a visit to Jaranwala in Pakistan - Speech Link
2: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) I was the British trade envoy to Pakistan and I advocated for justice for her there, which she got, but - Speech Link