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Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) promoting and protecting freedom of religion or belief for all. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) to freedom of religion or belief is deeply concerning. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Cyber-security and UK Democracy - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) by China, or any other state, to interfere with or undermine the democratic process, or attempts to stop - Speech Link
2: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) we have been taking with our international allies. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) Following Lord Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary, many freedom of information requests have - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) freedom of religion or belief, which I chair, had its website hacked, and the text that questioned human - Speech Link
5: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) limits to the ability of agencies, or companies, to call this stuff out. - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)

Mar. 22 2024

Source Page: PSPRB Fourteenth report on Northern Ireland: 2023
Document: PSPRB report on Northern Ireland: 2023 (PDF)

Found: and belief and disability; • Government policies for improving the public services, including the

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Home Office

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: Independent Office for Police Conduct: Public body review 2024
Document: Independent review of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) (PDF)

Found: , race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation’.

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: Intelligence services’ retention and use of bulk personal datasets
Document: Intelligence services’ retention and use of bulk personal datasets code of practice (PDF)

Found: Intelligence services’ retention and use of bulk personal datasets

Scottish Government Publication (Consultation paper)
Marine Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Mar. 21 2024

Source Page: Facilitating marine nature restoration through legislation
Document: Facilitating marine nature restoration through legislation (PDF)

Found: or bags of seagrass seeds.

Westminster Hall
Easter and Christian Culture - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand. - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) world and even in some parts of our own country people are using religion or belief as grounds for seeking - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) their religion, faith or belief. - Speech Link
4: Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington) Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right and one that underpins so many other rights.Regarding - Speech Link

Select Committee
Ms Denise Fahmy
 HRW0039 - Human Rights at Work

Written Evidence Mar. 20 2024

Inquiry: Human Rights at Work
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Written Evidence by Ms Denise Fahmy (HRW0039) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion and freedom

Westminster Hall
Sri Lanka: Human Rights - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) regardless of ethnicity or religion. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I will speak about the freedom of religion or belief, which is encompassed within the definition of human - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) These actions and incidents have troubling implications for freedom of religion or belief. - Speech Link

Written Question
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Training
Wednesday 20th March 2024

Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 February (HL2046), how many civil servants completed the Religion for International Engagement training module in (1) 2022, and (2) 2023.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

222 FCDO officials are recorded as having completed the Religion for International Engagement online training in 2022, and 156 in 2023. The training is also available to other interested civil servants. In addition to this online training module, FoRB is incorporated within FCDO's broader human rights training programme, a 2-3 day course delivered in the UK and overseas. In 2023, with the support of the PM's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, two sessions on FoRB were delivered as part of a human rights seminar series open to all staff. We also provide several additional tools for staff, particularly those based overseas, to support work on FoRB, including a FoRB Toolkit, scale of persecution and framework for FoRB reporting.