Business question from Siobhain McDonagh (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 October 2010. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
Business of the House
At the Commonwealth games closing ceremony in a few hours' time, Prince Edward will be sitting alongside the head of a regime accused of war crimes: President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka. Will the Leader of the House allow a debate on whether the Commonwealth should be giving succour in that way to countries with such appalling human rights records, and on whether allowing a member of Britain's royal family to sit next to Sri Lanka's leader represents a change in Britain's foreign policy to one that puts trade considerations ahead of human rights?
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- 516 c492-3
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- 2010-12
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- Human rights Foreign relations Royal family Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games
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