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Switzerland: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on freedom of religion or belief of the imposition of legal restrictions on the Burqa in public s

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 6 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jan 2025
Answer: 9 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on freedom of religion or belief of the imposition of legal restrictions on the Burqa in public s
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2025
Answer published
The UK continues to champion freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. We are working to uphold the right to FoRB through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora and in our important bilateral work. These are ultimately matters for the ...

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