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Christians in the Middle East

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

733 c923-90 

Session

2010-12

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Turnberg | 733 c939-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also appreciate the opportunity given to us by the most reverend Primate to have this de...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 733 c941-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a very welcome debate. As a British Jew who enjoys religious freedom in this count...

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Lord Carey of Clifton | 733 c943-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are all in the debt of the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for initi...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 733 c944 (Link to this contribution) Could the noble and right reverend Lord comment on what has always concerned me—that is, the connect...

Lord Carey of Clifton | 733 c945 (Link to this contribution) I recognise that contribution and thank the noble Lord, Lord Lea, for it. He has anticipated what I ...

Lord Popat | 733 c945-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to thank the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for bringing...

Lord Wright of Richmond | 733 c932-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all speakers in this debate must deplore the long-standing and continuing decline of the i...

Lord Storey | 733 c931-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the Arab village of Ibillin in northern Israel, students of all religions gather daily ...

Lord Patten | 733 c936-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a bit gloomier than the most reverend Primate about things to come in the Middle East...

Bishop of Exeter | 733 c933-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a year ago I had the privilege of attending a synod of Catholic bishops in Rome called by ...

Lord Williams of Oystermouth | 733 c923 (Link to this contribution) That this House takes note of the situation of Christians in the Middle East.

Lord Parekh | 733 c928-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury on securing this deb...

Lord Williams of Oystermouth | 733 c923-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many people these days have a short and skewed historical memory. It is all too easy to go...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 733 c927-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like very warmly to thank the most reverend Primate for the opportunity of having ...

Lord Wood of Anfield | 733 c978-82 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for giving this House a cha...

Lord Williams of Oystermouth | 733 c987-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am deeply grateful for a debate that in both variety and quality has not disappointed ex...

Lord Howell of Guildford | 733 c982-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a hugely enlightening debate, unlocking the vast stores of wisdom that are t...

Baroness Cox | 733 c970 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for highlighting the point that I was intending to make, and for mak...

Bishop of Chichester | 733 c970-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to say a few words about the situation of one of the most ancient middle-eastern ch...

Lord Cormack | 733 c972-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a privilege to take part in this debate. I agree very strongly with my noble friend ...

Lord Macdonald of Tradeston | 733 c974-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for this timely debate and ...

Baroness Cox | 733 c967-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the most reverend Primate for initiating this very timely debate. In the sho...

Lord Patten | 733 c970 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for giving way. She has just mentioned Saudi Arabia, and the lack of reci...

Lord Anderson of Swansea | 733 c965-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join in congratulating the most reverend Primate—feet on the ground, eyes looking upward...

Lord Selsdon | 733 c963-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the wonderful thing about your Lordships’ House is that it never fails to surprise, to ent...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 733 c962 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the debate and the priority given to this issue by the most reverend Primate. I ...

Lord Touhig | 733 c959-62 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much has been written and spoken about the Arab spring. Many see it as a time when million...

Bishop of Guildford | 733 c954-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as we advance towards Christmas it should be a statement of the obvious that Christians, f...

Lord Sacks | 733 c956-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must begin with an apology for the fact that I must infringe the convention of this Hous...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 733 c948-52 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the whole House, and especially the beleaguered Christian communities in the Middle East, ...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 733 c952-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the democratic awakening of the Arab world and the attendant rise of Islamist groups,...

Lord Boateng | 733 c947-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury has done us a great service in chal...

Lord Hylton | 733 c976-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to follow my next-door neighbour in London and also to agree with the noble L...

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 733 c957-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first I join others in thanking the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for...

Subjects

Equality Iraq Politics and government Religious freedom Turkey Islam Palestine Iran Syria Middle East Egypt Christianity

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