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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-06-21more like thismore than 2017-06-21
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Middle East: Religious Freedom more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with governments in the Middle East to encourage a better understanding of human rights provision relating to inter-faith marriages. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 271 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-06-27more like thismore than 2017-06-27
answer text <p>​As far as we are aware there have been no such discussions in recent times. The British Government is clear, however, that discrimination on the basis of faith is a violation of universal human rights. The right not to be discriminated against by the state extends to the provision of marriage.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-06-27T13:53:56.567Zmore like thismore than 2017-06-27T13:53:56.567Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this