| Heading: |
India: Religious Freedom |
| Question ID: |
1820106 |
| UIN: |
65269 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-07 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4131 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jim Shannon
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| Asking Member handle: |
jimshannonmp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jimshannonmp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of anti-conversion laws in India. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-14 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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 is firmly committed to defending freedom of religion or belief for all, as a fundamental human right. We are aware of concerns regarding anti-conversion laws in India, and their potential impact on religious minorities. Where issues arise, we raise... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |