Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con) I thank Mr Speaker for granting me the opportunity to raise the plight of religious minorities in Bangladesh. It is apposite that this debate is being held today, because it is exactly the first anniversary of the visit to Bangladesh by the UN special rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt. I welcome my…
Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby) (Lab/Co-op) I beg to move, That this House has considered the missing Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Earlier this year the Select Committee on International Development, which I chair, visited Nigeria as part of an inquiry into the work of…
Question for Short Debate, asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB) My Lords, in welcoming the Minister to her fairly new responsibilities, the lodestar in today’s short debate is Article 18…