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HANSARD Health and Care BillPlease let me continue. I am sure the hon. Lady will have put in to speak. I thank Health Ministers for listening, and for recently cancelling this temporary emergency provision…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillYes; the organisation Right to Life, which is the secretariat to the all-party parliamentary pro-life group, has collated such data. Freedom of information data analysis also…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillOn that point about adult women, and the point about the number of professional organisations that have been quoted, as if there were universal support for the continuation of…30 Mar 2022HANSARDBritish and Overseas Judges: Hong KongI, too, would like to express my appreciation to my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this important debate and…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidOf course, rail transport can take traffic off the motorways, notably the M6. I would be delighted to see the bid succeed because it would strengthen the case for reopening…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe BidI strongly support my hon. Friend’s enthusiastic bid on behalf of Crewe. When considering a property, three matters are important: location, location and location. Does he…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI wish to speak briefly in support of the proposal made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) in lieu of Lords amendment 26,…22 Mar 2022HANSARDGender Specific Religious Persecutionrose —17 Mar 2022HANSARDGender Specific Religious PersecutionI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this debate. I hope the Minister will forgive me for repeating several of his points. However, given that…17 Mar 2022HANSARDGender Specific Religious PersecutionI would be delighted to facilitate such a meeting in the Department.17 Mar 2022HANSARDDraft Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022I thank the Minister for outlining how many responses were received—it was 3,000-plus, of which 2,362 were from residents who were basically, it would appear, in favour. Can she…28 Feb 2022HANSARDChristians and Religious Minorities: IndiaWill the hon. Gentleman give way?24 Feb 2022HANSARDChristians and Religious Minorities: IndiaThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. As I said, more details about such reports can be found in the Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports on India. I will mention two…24 Feb 2022HANSARDChristians and Religious Minorities: IndiaThe concern, of course, is the misuse of such laws. Pastor Rakesh Babu and his family were brutally beaten at their home in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, by unidentified men armed…24 Feb 2022HANSARDChristians and Religious Minorities: IndiaI congratulate the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) on securing this debate and on all the work he does as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for international…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaThe International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance is just two years old this month. It is a growing group of 35 countries; I am pleased to say that two more have just joined.…24 Feb 2022HANSARDGrit BinsMy hon. Friend is making an important point about grit bins. Does he agree that it would be helpful for the Minister, in responding to this debate, to consider the provision of…08 Feb 2022HANSARDGrit BinsI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. In my constituency of Congleton, the provision of grit bins is an issue not just in the very extreme weather that he mentions, but…08 Feb 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI thank the hon. Member for his constant dedication in his role as the chair of the all-party group on international freedom of religion or belief; he is an example to us all.…27 Jan 2022HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief3. What steps the Church of England is taking to promote freedom of religion or belief.27 Jan 2022