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Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) The latest US Report on International Religious Freedom on Rwanda shows clear evidence of discrimination - Speech Link
2: None There is a deeply important religious, as well as secular, truth. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Antisemitism in the UK - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) For example, in the case of public order offences, where there is proof of racial or religious hostility - Speech Link
2: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) Everybody has the right to live in freedom from fear.The CST’s report also found the number of online - Speech Link
3: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) Government’s determination that there should be no place in Scotland for any form of antisemitism or religious - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Protest Measures - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None There is no freedom to commit violence or intimidation, or to harass others. - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Protest is a fundamental freedom in a democracy, and that right must be protected. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) competing priorities—maintaining the right to peaceful protest, restraining incitement to racial and religious - Speech Link
4: Lord Archbishop of York (Bshp - Bishops) To those dissidents, I would add religious minorities to the list of those who may be concerned about - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Conversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL] - Fri 09 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) Freedom of speech and religious freedom are important cornerstones of any liberal society. - Speech Link
2: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con - Life peer) This Bill undermines the family and attacks free speech, freedom of thought and even religious belief - Speech Link
3: Lord Curry of Kirkharle (XB - Life peer) It would be a disaster for free speech and religious freedom. - Speech Link
4: Lord Trevethin and Oaksey (XB - Excepted Hereditary) freedom and religious expression that are contained in the convention. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) Leader of the House just referred to us being the best democracy in the world, so it strikes me that freedom - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I chair the all-party parliamentary group for international freedom of religion or belief. - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) No one should experience discrimination for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Asylum Seekers: Convictions - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) therefore commit to an urgent review of the criteria used in assessing asylum claims, including alleged religious - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) asylum claims are considered carefully on their individual merits, including issues relating to the freedom - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Deportation of Foreign National Offenders - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) It is the fear of persecution if returned, on the grounds of religious conversion, especially from Islam - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Christian, I have Christian faith, and I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group for international freedom - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) Its state institutions are secular and its religious faith moderate. - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Freedom Day—which is on 3 May each year—and Iraq is ranked 167th for press freedom out of 180 countries - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) made about media freedom are well received. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief in Nigeria - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We must take action to address the systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom - Speech Link
2: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) Let us work towards fostering a society where religious freedom is not simply a principle that we debate - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) freedom in the country. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day - Fri 02 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of London (Bshp - Bishops) He said that with freedom from captivity and death comes freedom to be, and that with freedom to be comes - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) The fragility of freedom is close to us now. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Altmann (Con - Life peer) We must not take freedom for granted. - Speech Link
4: Lord Parekh (Lab - Life peer) Thirdly, and just as importantly, is the pseudo-religious orientation. - Speech Link