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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-10-23more like thismore than 2023-10-23
answering body
Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept id 9 remove filter
answering dept short name Church Commissioners more like this
answering dept sort name Church Commissioners more like this
hansard heading Religious Freedom: EU Countries and Middle East more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what the Church's position is on freedom of religion in conflict zones in (a) the Middle East and (b) Europe. more like this
tabling member constituency Bournemouth West more like this
tabling member printed
Sir Conor Burns more like this
uin 203801 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-10-26more like thismore than 2023-10-26
answer text <p>The National Church Institutions recognise that freedom of religion or belief, like other human rights, is strongly correlated with political stability, and that repression of freedom of religion or belief, whether by societal hostility or state discrimination, can serve as major drivers of conflict and violence.</p><p>Sadly, in too many parts of the world today, whether that be in Russia or Ukraine, or in Iraq and Israel, the discrimination against or targeting of religious minorities is commonly associated with rising social tensions, intercommunal strife, violence and even mass atrocities.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Andrew Selous more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-10-26T10:35:49.233Zmore like thismore than 2023-10-26T10:35:49.233Z
answering member
1453
label Biography information for Andrew Selous more like this
tabling member
3922
label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns more like this