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Religious Persecution of Christians - February 2019

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It is an extraordinary figure that nearly a quarter of a billion people are suffering persecution today because of their Christian faith and shockingly 80 per cent of people who suffer persecution because of their faith are Christian.

The Foreign Secretary has asked the Bishop of Truro, Philip Mounstephen to conduct an independent review into the UK's response to the persecution of Christians abroad. The review aims to map levels of persecution and other discrimination against Christians in key countries around the world. It will provide an objective assessment of the impact and levels of Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) support, and make recommendations to the Foreign Secretary.

The UK has played an important role in bringing together other countries that share our values and giving a voice to those who don't have one. However, I fully support this review and am hoping that the outcome of this will be that the FCO has a deeper understanding of what it can do better in this arena.

I look forward to reading the reports that will be published as a result of the review, and I understand that the review will have a strong focus on evidence and consultation with a range of actors, including survivors/victims, civil society institutions, the diplomatic community, governmental and multilateral entities.

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  • Cladding and EWS1 form - August 2020
  • Transport for under-18s - August 2020
  • Sustainable Fishing - August 2020
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  • Human Rights in Bahrain - July 2020
  • Immigration detention - July 2020
  • Merging the FCO and DFID
  • NHS Pay Increase - June 2020
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  • UK-US Free Trade Agreement - June 2020
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  • Windrush 'Lessons Learned' report - February 2020
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  • Horse tethering - January 2020
  • Abortion in Northern Ireland - (Updated) July 2019
  • Fit for Work Notes - April 2019
  • NHS - (Updated) March 2019
  • Immigration Bill - March 2019
  • Religious Persecution of Christians - February 2019
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