Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 14916

Religious Freedom

Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Christine Jardine

Liberal DemocratEdinburgh West

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise issues concerning freedom of religion or belief in future Human Rights and Democracy Reports.

Answer

Chris Elmore
The UK recognises that women and girls from religious or belief minority communities can suffer disproportionally because of both their gender and faith- as addressed, for example, in the answer provided on 24 June in response to Question 9814 on the trea...

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