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Grand Committee
Pakistan: UK Aid - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) non-pecuniary interest as co-chair, along with Jim Shannon MP, of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pakistani - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Guildford (Bshp - Bishops) The diocese also includes the Mirpur district, which has strong connections to the British-Pakistani - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to the noble Lord for highlighting the excellent work of the APPG for Pakistani Minorities - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Partner and Spousal Visas: Minimum Income - Tue 23 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) countries for which family-related visas were granted last year were Pakistan and India, yet workers of Pakistani - Speech Link
2: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) They discriminate against minorities, as my hon. - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) one—to say what the impact of this policy will be on people in different geographies, on women, ethnic minorities - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Afghan Refugees - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Since the formation of the new Pakistani cabinet, the Foreign Secretary and the British High Commissioner - Speech Link
2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) Lords, notwithstanding the question from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, we should not give the Pakistani - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We engage directly with the All-Party Group on Pakistan Minorities on specific cases. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Tomorrow, as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Pakistani Minorities, I will chair - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) It gives licence to groups to persecute minorities and for there to be impunity for it.Of course, it - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Other religious minorities are facing persecution at a frightening rate across the world; and I agree - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) It directly addressed the persecution of religious minorities in conflict settings. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) mother led, walking in the streets of Bangladesh to demand freedom and justice from the then occupying Pakistani - Speech Link
2: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) A high proportion of black and Asian women, particularly Pakistani and Bangladeshi women, have not saved - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) She has spent a lifetime trying to understand the needs of minorities and those who are overlooked and - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) equality guidance for the NHS, focusing on actions that reduce disparity for women and babies from ethnic minorities - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Family Visa Minimum Income Thresholds - Tue 27 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) the most common origin countries being Pakistan, India and the USA; further declares that workers of Pakistani - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Poverty Reduction - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) provide genuine financial security; attention to diversity, including the particular needs of racialised minorities - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Shockingly, some 50% of people in Pakistani or Bangladeshi households live in poverty, compared with - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Balochistan: Human Rights - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) There are reports that Pakistani authorities have subjected them to arbitrary arrest, detention, harassment - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) The issue for us now is how we move forward to have effective influence on the Pakistani Government to - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) I will try to address that in a little more detail.The Pakistani military maintains a strong presence - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Sadly, it is not only with the Pakistani authorities that we see the inability to understand and respect - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Religious Persecution and the World Watch List - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Pakistani religious minorities face serious persecution, including forced conversions, child marriage - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Human Rights Abuses: UK Response - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) Friend agree that it is incumbent on both the Indian Government and the Pakistani Government to ensure - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) impunity in many areas, and continues to kill, abduct or displace thousands of Christians and other minorities - Speech Link