Rather than asking politicians to define a “working person”, perhaps politicians should be asked to define a “journalist”…

Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief Bill

On 21 October, Jim Shannon, MP for Strangford and a member of Christians in Parliament, introduced a Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief Bill, “A Bill to require the continued appointment of a special envoy for freedom of religion or belief and make provision about the special envoy’s functions”. The role of Special Envoy was previously held by the Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, who had campaigned on the issue before Parliament was abruptly dissolved and who lost her seat at the General Election.

The Bill, the text of which has not yet been published, is set down for second reading on Friday 29 November – the same day as the second reading of the Assisted Dying Bill. Our guess is that it has precisely zero chance of reaching the statute book.

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