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Question follow-through · 103692

Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisations and representative groups were consulted by his Department prior to consideration of an Islamophobia definition.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
8 Jan 2026
Answer
15 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisations and representative groups were consulted by his Department prior to consideration of an Islamophobia definition.

  2. 8 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    All forms of racial and religious discrimination are completely unacceptable, and this Government is committed to tackling this wherever it manifests. The Government established an independent working group to advise on a non-statutory definition of anti-...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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