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Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy: Religious Freedom

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 39530, tabled on 6 June 2016

Question

Stephen Timms
Labour
East Ham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many projects related to freedom of religion of belief are being funded by the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

Mr David Lidington
Conservative
Aylesbury
Commons

Answered on

9 June 2016

The Government places great importance on defending freedom of religion or belief globally. The Magna Carta Fund is one of the tools we use to pursue this goal. The allocations for 2016-2017 are still being finalised.

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