Oral Evidence Dec. 12 2023
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: acknowledge are the horrific events of 7 October and that they caused the most significant loss of British
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) I do not want to prolong the debate at this point on Rwanda, but in the opinion of the British Government - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The situations of the Shi’as and Sunnis, the Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan and the Muslims in India tell - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) It was the event organised by the all-party parliamentary group on human rights and the British Group - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Britain recently announced an additional £30 million of British aid for vital supplies into Gaza.In Ukraine - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bibby, Neil (Lab - West Scotland) We would expect that of the British Government and our armed forces; we should expect it of Israel, too.As - Speech Link
2: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) people from Christian denominations, there were Muslim and Jewish faith leaders and there were Hindus, Sikhs - Speech Link
Nov. 16 2023
Source Page: Equality and Human Rights Monitor 2023Found: By comparison, the White British economic inactivity rate was 41.0%.
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
Create a Sikh regiment in the British army
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(Estimated Final Signatures: 116 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
Thousands of Sikhs fought for Britain in the world wars, with many men being awarded the Victoria cross for their bravery. The British army quite rightly recognizes Nepalese (Gurkhas) soldiers and we believe it is only right the sacrifice of the Sikhs is honoured by forming a Sikh regiment.
Found: Create a Sikh regiment in the British army
Mentions:
1: Lord Sahota (LAB - Life peer) been raised from time to time by various newspapers and by some Sikh historians, given the fact that Sikhs - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) First, I do pay tribute to the very distinguished contributions that Sikhs have made in our British military - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) As the Prime Minister absconds from the role of international statesman that British Prime Ministers - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) campaigned for her eventual release, but huge concerns remain.Of course, there is also persecution of Sikhs - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) convening country-focused roundtables on this topic, bringing together academic experts, civil society and British - Speech Link
Found: Those of other faiths such as Sikhs, Baha’is and Jews constitute smaller numbers.
Found: Other religious minorities in the country include Sikhs, Christians, and Hindus, though their numbers