Question follow-through · 53856

Religious Freedom: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with international partners to help ensure that people are not subject to violence due to their religion.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Target answer date: 2 Jun 2025
Answer: 6 Jun 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with international partners to help ensure that people are not subject to violence due to their religion.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK remains committed to championing freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in, and we work to promote tolerance and mutual respect for all.We continue to highlight FoRB violat...

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