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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) We have a proud history of promoting religious freedom in the United Kingdom, so we should be doing more - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bshp - Bishops) Religious freedom and tolerance need to be nurtured and guarded nationally and locally. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We can all in this House agree on the important role that freedom of religious belief can play in tackling - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) That is where the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance was born. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hong Kong Security Legislation - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None It will enable the authorities to continue their clampdown on freedoms, including freedom of speech, - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) we have seen extraordinary cruelty and barbarism in Tibet, along with anybody who is a political or religious - 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) way of life that has enabled us to live in freedom in this wonderful country. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand. - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) I was particularly struck by his remarks on freedom of speech and religion. - Speech Link
4: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) Religious tolerance was mentioned, and I want to make it very clear that freedom of speech, freedom of - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Con - Life peer) and freedom of speech in our higher education institutions? - Speech Link
2: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) of Judaism, it is kosher food—specifically to isolate the ability of individuals to choose to follow religious - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 will ensure that freedom of speech is protected and - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) prohibition in Clause 1 applied to decisions relating to the procurement of food prepared in line with religious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) In this country, there is freedom of religion, and also freedom to criticise a religion. - Speech Link
2: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) All forms of religious hatred have absolutely no place in our communities, and we work with police and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lanka: Human Rights - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Taking away human rights affects religious belief, and taking away religious belief affects human rights—the - Speech Link
2: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) outlined the incredible importance of the freedom of religious belief - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024 - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) cruel, or degrading treatment; arbitrary arrest or incarcerations … substantial interference with the freedom - Speech Link
2: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) It is far less safe if you happen to be female—women from religious and cultural minorities face the - Speech Link
3: None This constitutes a breach of the UK’s obligations to help prevent future religious and other violence - Speech Link
4: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) Rights Watch, the Home Office’s own country report and the US’s country report, and the reports of Freedom - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None Metropolitan Police’s independent advisory group in Lewisham and Lewisham’s standing advisory committee on religious - Speech Link
2: None Freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, the rule of law, democracy and equal rights—these - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Statement says that the definition“will not affect gender-critical campaigners, those with conservative religious - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) that have contributed to society over many years sets a dangerous precedent, undermining democracy, religious - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Human rights and freedom of religious belief march hand in hand; if one is taken away so is the other - Speech Link
2: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) raised the important issue of freedom of religion, and I entirely - 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) The people who go through the system and go to Rwanda need to have their religious beliefs protected, - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We can have all the freedom of religious belief in this great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern - Speech Link