Westminster Hall
18 March 2026
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Chamber House of Commons
00:22 - 00:33
Speaker 1
Right. Order. Where is the script? Thank you. Apologies.
Ms Marie Remmer to move the motion.
00:38 - 01:55
Speaker 2
Speaker, deputy speaker. I beg to move that this house has considered government support for freedom of religion or belief in China. Thank you, mister Jardine. It's a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. It's the first time, so it's it really is a pleasure.
And I'm grateful for the opportunity to lead this debate on freedom of original belief in China, and it is indeed a very important debate today. I would like to open today's debate with a story, and it's a tragic one. On a hot August day in 2022 in Shanzai, Northern China, more than a 100 police officers descended on a Christian family summer camp, surrounding the gathering, forcibly searching and detaining dozens of believers, over 30 adults and 40 children. The police were not breaking up a dangerous gathering or insurgents, but a family day out. The camp was organised by an unregistered church called the Limpfen Covenant House Church, and was a harmless event aimed at building church community.
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