The Second Church Estates Commissioner, Caroline Spelman MP, started by reminding the House of Commons on Thursday that Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt invited the Bishop of Truro to conduct an independent review into the persecution of Christians around the world, from which the Rt Rev Philip Mountstephen will produce a report.
Jeremy Lefroy MP pointed out that the numbers attending the launch of Open Doors’ latest World Watch List on Wednesday showed high levels of interest among politicians in the persecution of Christians.
He asked the MP for Meriden to ensure that the Bishop of Truro will tell members of the House about the findings of his independent review.
Spelman replied: “I’m delighted to give my honourable friend that assurance…40 countries out of the 50 are places where Christians experience very high or extreme levels of persecution and I shall go from this place, Mr. Speaker, to a meeting at the foreign office, with the foreign secretary and the Bishop and I will make that request directly to him.”
Sir Desmond Swayne MP inquired about the willingness of the Department for International Development to intervene in persecution.
The Church Commissioner for MPs explained that there was an openness to increasing religious literacy from the foreign office: “We were given assurance by the minister that this would be impressed on officials.”
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