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HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief3. What steps the Church of England is taking to promote freedom of religion or belief.27 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI will do so, Ms Ali. I suggest to the Minister that we consider the main elements of the Canadian community sponsorship model and see how we could adopt them in the UK. May we…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeThe Government have rightly included minority groups, including those at risk due to their religious beliefs, in the eligibility criteria for the ACRS. Will the Minister reassure…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank my hon. Friend the Minister for her statement today and also for her dedicated hard work on this really challenging but very important issue. I also commend the hon.…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Abortion Services Commissioning: Northern IrelandIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart), my co-chair on the pro-life all-party parliamentary group. I commend her for her informed and sensitive…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDignity in DyingIs it not extremely difficult to assess when a life will end? Is that not one of the challenges that we have with regard to this proposal of a timed end to a life?08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsQ2. As we celebrate the advent of Christmas, I thank the Prime Minister for his support for Christians, and those of other faiths and beliefs, who face persecution across the…08 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.30 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Minister for her reply. I want to put on record my personal thanks to the Foreign Secretary for her strong personal support for freedom of religion or belief. Do…30 Nov 2021HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN DeclarationVery much so. If my right hon. Friend would like to give me more details, I will pass them on appropriately. Through the APPG, and inspired by my newly appointed deputy special…25 Nov 2021HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN DeclarationI beg to move, That this House has considered freedom of religion or belief and the 40th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the elimination of religious intolerance. I start by…25 Nov 2021HANSARDFreedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN DeclarationI thank the hon. Lady for her engagement on this issue. She makes an excellent point; indeed, the reception that I hosted just yesterday, on Red Wednesday, was held in the rooms…25 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy right hon. Friend makes exactly the right point. Our law needs to be updated. The current 24-week limit was set over 30 years ago, in 1990. That legislation removed the…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI would like to speak to new clause 31 in my name, which would reduce the upper gestational limit for abortion in most cases to 22 weeks gestation. This time limit amendment would…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHospital Building ProgrammeSpeaking as a neighbouring constituency MP whose family has also made great and beneficial use of Leighton over many years, I strongly support my hon. Friend’s campaign for…03 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYesterday, the Chancellor announced £300 million of support for children in the first 1,001 days of their lives. May we have a debate on the meaning of that phrase, bearing in…28 Oct 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe know that 2,763 Yazidi women, girls and children are still missing, seven years after they were abducted by Daesh in Iraq. Many were taken as sexual slaves and child soldiers.…26 Oct 2021HANSARDViolence against Christians: Central African CountriesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, particularly as he had not intended to speak in this debate. Does he agree that we need to stop using the terms “forced marriage” and…23 Sept 2021HANSARDViolence against Christians: Central African CountriesI have been listening very carefully to the Minister, and I thank her for much of what she has said. However, when a Minister talks about the fact that they have mentioned…23 Sept 2021HANSARDViolence against Christians: Central African CountriesMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, as he always does. He talks about a common agenda. Does he share my concern that not only do these individual groups have a…23 Sept 2021