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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Cabinet Office

Dec. 29 2023

Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024
Document: (webpage)

Found: For services to Music Abroad Order of the British Empire Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British


Westminster Hall
Christmas, Christianity and Communities - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) , too.Some decry the loss of the Christian message from Christmas, seeing that as an undermining of British - Speech Link
2: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) We also remember that around the world British servicemen and women will be working for peace and to - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Jews, Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists all, in their own way, talk of peace, love, respect and the - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Religious persecution and the World Watch List 2024 - CDP-2024-0017
Jan. 19 2024

Found: Watson 9 January 2024 Securing Religious Freedom: Why British Leadership on FoRB Should Be Written


Westminster Hall
Afghan Women and Girls - Tue 06 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) They have British passports and four of them are girls, so they cannot go to school. - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) What does it say that we cannot support British children to leave Afghanistan and what does that mean - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) were expressed that groups were being excluded from humanitarian aid because they were Christians, Sikhs - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Cabinet Office

Dec. 29 2023

Source Page: New Year Honours List 2024
Document: New Year Honours List 2024 (PDF) (PDF)

Found: For services to Music (Abroad)Order of the British Empire Dames and Knights Grand Cross of the Order


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) that 80,000 British service personnel served in Korea. - Speech Link
2: Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab - Life peer) The British Army will not have a fully modernised war-fighting division until 2030. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Randerson (LD - Life peer) Last year’s Speech promised a transport Bill to cover Great British Railways. - Speech Link
4: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (XB - Life peer) Guru Nanak, whose birthday Sikhs celebrate this week, looking at the mainly religious conflicts of his - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
General debate on freedom of religion or belief - CDP-2023-0182
Sep. 08 2023

Found: Other religious minorities in the country include Sikhs, Christians, and Hindus, though their numbers


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) grateful to be able to participate in—of the Community Security Trust and of the Board of Deputies of British - Speech Link
2: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) The British Empire was the largest empire the world has ever known, but it is estimated that, in 480 - Speech Link
3: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (XB - Life peer) followed by the horror of future genocides, including the forgotten Indira Gandhi Government’s massacre of Sikhs - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Illegal Migration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 24 May 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I have suggested that breaching promises to the British electorate—I was trying to give some examples - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) This is what the situation demands and what the British public expect”. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sahota (LAB - Life peer) A recent BBC study found that Sikhs are the most generous group when it comes to giving to charities. - Speech Link


Deposited Papers
Home Office

Dec. 03 2010

Source Page: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Women Councillors’ Taskforce Report. 53 p.
Document: DEP2010-2163.pdf (PDF)

Found: Just under half of attendees (47%) were of Black or Black British origin with women of Black Caribbean