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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


Lords Chamber
India: Democratic Freedoms - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) The BJP policy of Hindu nationalism is increasingly invading press freedom, political opposition and - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) But it is clear that it provides freedom of religion or belief protections and minority protections for - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) My Lords, further to the noble Baroness’s question on press freedom, I know this has been a focus of - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) This Government stand up for media freedom and the protection of media. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Any reports of discrimination against religious minorities are investigated by the Indian police. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) to practice their faith peacefully and in line with British values, and Islamists, who seek to abuse religious - 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) lead to the radicalisation of individuals, deny people their full rights and opportunities, suppress freedom - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) freedom for many years. - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) People have a right to criticise religious people or particular religions. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom: Union - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) things that unite people and create a sense of being one nation or one union: common language, common religious - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) tangible—not just two world wars and the struggle against communism in the past but the battle for freedom - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Member is entirely right about the importance of religious freedom, particularly in the circumstances - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), who is responsible for freedom of religion or belief, - Speech Link