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Qatar: Religious Freedom |
| Question ID: |
1818704 |
| UIN: |
64409 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1593 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sammy Wilson
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| Asking Member handle: |
eastantrimmp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@eastantrimmp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recent reports of the (a) detention and (b) deportation of members of the Baha'i com |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5148 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answer text: |
The UK is a strong advocate for freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. As part of the UN Universal Periodic Review in November 2024, the UK called on Qatar to adopt legislatio... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |