Proceeding contribution from Baroness Howells of St Davids (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 10 May 2007. It occurred during Debate on Slavery.
Slavery
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for taking part in this debate. As I listened, I wondered what my slave ancestors would say in the spirit world. I think they would be very pleased with today’s debate, but I also think they would be shocked that slavery still exists and they would be giving us the message that it must end with us. I also believe they would think the time has come for a statue of an unknown slave to be put up in London in the same way that we have the Unknown Warrior. I would also like to thank the Lord President for her summing up. I think she has been thorough and very finely tuned and I am sure we are all very proud of her. I beg leave to withdraw the Motion for Papers. Motion for Papers, by leave, withdrawn.
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- 2006-07
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- Children Anniversaries Developing countries Development aid Africa Education Human trafficking Forced labour Racial discrimination Race relations Prostitution Trade Sleeping rough Slavery Caribbean Exploitation
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