| Heading: |
Bangladesh: Religious Freedom |
| Question ID: |
1785879 |
| UIN: |
39150 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5068 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Shivani Raja
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Shivani Raja
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps he has taken to help ensure the protection of (a) Hindu communities and (b) other religious minorities in Bangladesh. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4523 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine West
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| Answering Member handle: |
catherinewest1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@catherinewest1
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| Answer text: |
The UK has a long-standing commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, including Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB). In November 2024, I visited Bangladesh and discussed the importance of the protection of religious minorities, including... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |