Information between 6th January 2024 - 15th April 2024
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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
158 speeches (26,989 words) Committee stage part one Monday 19th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: None He has concerns, which are shared by members of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. - Link to Speech |
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Freedom of Religion and Belief in Nigeria
44 speeches (10,479 words) Tuesday 6th February 2024 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Other judicial authorities sentenced humanist leader Mubarak Bala to 24 years in prison for blasphemy - Link to Speech |
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International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill
16 speeches (6,959 words) 2nd reading Friday 26th January 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) that we take for granted, and people can worship or choose not to worship—here, I would mention the Humanist - Link to Speech |
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Religious Persecution and the World Watch List
15 speeches (13,255 words) Thursday 25th January 2024 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) While I am talking about Nigeria, we are all aware that Mubarak Bala, the president of the Humanist Association - Link to Speech |
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Religious Education in Schools
26 speeches (7,420 words) Thursday 18th January 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) religion is so often a factor, this is more important than ever.I am delighted that a number of my humanist - Link to Speech 2: Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (Lab - Life peer) I am a member of the British humanist society and its APPG here for the simple reason that I, like they - Link to Speech 3: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) young people and more than 50% of people as a whole are non-religious, and an increasing number have humanist - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Meacher (XB - Life peer) May 2023 a High Court ruling found that it was unlawful for Kent County Council to refuse to accept a humanist - Link to Speech |
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Monday 29th January 2024
Written Evidence - Humanists UK RWA0005 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: promote humanism by 120,000 members and supporters and over 115 members of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist |
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Thursday 28th March 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: Red flashing lamps: roadside rescue and recovery operators Document: Use of red flashing lamps on roadside recovery vehicles: evidence review (PDF) Found: Lyon, France: HUMANIST Publications. |
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Monday 25th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: The Khan Review: Threats to Social Cohesion and Democratic Resilience Document: Independent review of social cohesion and resilience: analysis of the call for evidence (PDF) Found: denomination : “The more general example is active local interfaith and belief forums, including humanist |
| Scottish Cross Party Group Publications |
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2021 Registration form
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Freedom of Religion or Belief Found: the Church in Need The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society Humanist |
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Annual Return 2021 to 2022
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on End of Life Choices Found: Ally Thomson (Dignity in Dying), Sorcha Hume (Friends at the End), Fraser Sutherland (Humanist Society |
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Annual Report 2021 to 2022
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Freedom of Religion or Belief Found: the Church in Need The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society Humanist |
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Tuesday 5th March 2024
Population Health Directorate Source Page: Funeral Director: Code of Practice Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment Document: Funeral Director: Code of Practice Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF) Found: In total, nine funeral directors and one person identifying as a humanist celebrant participated in |
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Thursday 25th January 2024
Source Page: Scottish Government cards for Christmas and St Andrew's Day: FOI release Document: FOI - 202200333306 - information released (PDF) Found: CMAL) Head of Policy and Public Affairs Citizens Advive Scotland Chief Executive SCTS Chief Executive Humanist |
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Friday 12th January 2024
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate Source Page: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 from faith based representation: FOI release Document: FOI - 202300337952 - Annex A-B (PDF) Found: Faith and Belief, SAAPaHC and other Equality Organisations Humanist Society Scotland Scottish |
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Monday 8th January 2024
Justice Directorate Source Page: Correspondence pertaining to the Gender Recognition Unit: FOI release Document: FOI - 202200308319 - Information release (PDF) Found: , Catholic Church [Redacted] , Evangelical Alliance [Redacted] , Methodist Church [Redacted] , Humanist |
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Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
Wednesday 31st January 2024 The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill creates the status of "protected premises" around facilities where abortion services are provided, and establishes safe access zones around these premises. Any activity that could prevent a person from accessing an abortion, or cause feelings of harassment or intimidation when accessing or providing abortion services, View source webpage Found: The Humanist Society Scotland has also expressed its support for safe access zones legislation, and has |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2021-2022
Tuesday 28th November 2023 View source webpage Found: Number of T ime for Reflections Buddhist 0 1 1 Christian 0 1 1 Church of Scotland 9 5 14 Episcopal 2 2 4 Humanist |
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Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3
Thursday 15th December 2022 The Bill aims to improve the application process for legal gender recognition. This briefing looks at parliamentary consideration of the Bill at Stages 1 and 2. View source webpage Found: Public Policy Of ficer, Scotland, Evangelical Alliance •Fraser Sutherland, Chief Executive Of ficer, Humanist |
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Scottish Parliament Statistics 2019-2020
Friday 28th October 2022 View source webpage Found: Christian 3 1 4 Church of England 0 1 1 Church of Scotland 9 4 13 Episcopal 1 0 1 Evangelical 1 0 1 Humanist |
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Time for Reflection
2 speeches (2,707 words) Tuesday 16th January 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: None A Pagan may experience their faith as humanist, polytheist or animist, to name just three possibilities - Link to Speech |