Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting the APPG on British Muslims’ definition of Islamophobia.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Questions UIN 10238 on 23 January 2024.
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) sanctions and international action, as our joint statement in October on the situation of the Uighur Muslims - Speech Link
2: Baroness Suttie (LD - Life peer) For example, having a British Council staff member in the British embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, would - Speech Link
3: Lord Naseby (Con - Life peer) They are, on the whole, British citizens. - Speech Link
4: Lord Moore of Etchingham (Non-affiliated - Life peer) British number plates are a frequent sight near the front. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Fall (Con - Life peer) I can think of few more important moments to be a British Foreign Secretary. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) It makes life difficult or even dangerous for Muslims. - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) Let me paint a picture for the Minister of what life is like for many Muslims growing up and living across - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) I want to make it clear that this Government will not tolerate religious hatred towards Muslims or any - Speech Link
4: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) Friend support the right of communities throughout the British Isles to donate to charities of their - Speech Link
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023)Found: FCDO letter at Annex A (suggestion) The CPIN repeatedly cites a letter of the FCDO/British Embassy in
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan (October 2023)Found: research on the ground does not provide the same optimistic achievements as this assessment by the British
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Statement on the security of elected representativesFound: British Muslims also face threats.
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) demonstrations, some of which have caused profound distress and fear in the Jewish community and beyond.British Muslims - Speech Link
2: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) Nor is the entry of Trump-style conspiracy theories into the mainstream of British politics—that should - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) would include the right reverend Prelate, to explore how religious hatred is experienced across all British - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I speak for the British Government, not the Israeli one. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) that is ensuring security and stability for Israelis and Palestinians, for Arabs, Jews, Christians and Muslims - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) We are seeing a darkness return to our streets.British Muslims also face threats. - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) I am enormously proud of the British people. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) They are not illegal immigrants, refugees or asylum seekers; they are British citizens who entered the - Speech Link
2: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con - Life peer) This was, and is, a matter of national shame.Our Government—a British Government—had no proper records - Speech Link
3: Lord Woolley of Woodford (XB - Life peer) These British citizens were demeaned and hounded by the state—the state that this most loyal of British - Speech Link
4: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) But it was too late—the hostile environment had spread and infected large parts of the white British - Speech Link