Question follow-through · 19298

Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help protect religious minorities.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help protect religious minorities.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    This government is clear that no one should be disadvantaged because of their religion or belief. The Equality Act 2010 provides protection from discrimination to anyone with a religious or philosophical belief, as well as to those who lack a religion or ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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