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Topical debate on Thursday, 14 May 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Bill Rammell. The answering member was Keith Simpson.

Sri Lanka

Topical debate on Sri Lanka.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
492 c1034-58 
Session
2008-09
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 492 c1041 (Link to this contribution) Order. Mr. Speaker had imposed an eight-minute time limit on Back-Bench contributions, but since the...
Andrew Love | 492 c1040 (Link to this contribution) Should it not also be incumbent on Government, this Parliament and the international community to co...
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Keith Simpson | 492 c1040-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. I am pleased that the Minister stated formally at the Dispatc...
Stephen Hammond | 492 c1041 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend think that a representation to the Indian Government following the result of the...
Keith Simpson | 492 c1041 (Link to this contribution) I recognise that this is a matter of judgment for our Government, but I would like to think that, wi...
Keith Simpson | 492 c1039 (Link to this contribution) All hon. Members must be responsible for their individual thoughts; I certainly do not support what ...
Keith Simpson | 492 c1040 (Link to this contribution) It is not only morally wrong, but stupid. If one has surrounded an area, there is a fair chance that...
Siobhain McDonagh | 492 c1039 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman's support for UK Tamils and the British Government extend to a Member from h...
Barry Gardiner | 492 c1058 (Link to this contribution) I wish to make just three points. On Monday, having spent many hours, and after seven separate phone...
Simon Hughes | 492 c1056-7 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely support that, and I ask the Minister to indicate in his wind-up that the Government hav...
John Bercow | 492 c1056 (Link to this contribution) The responsibility to protect is legally established and morally incontestable, so the Sri Lankan Go...
Simon Hughes | 492 c1055-6 (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn), I have sought to support the Tamil commun...
Speaker | 492 c1058 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point of order and I understand that many hon. Members would hav...
Michael John Foster | 492 c1058 (Link to this contribution) In the very few seconds left to me, I undertake to write to colleagues to address the issues that ha...
Jeremy Corbyn | 492 c1058 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand the problem with time, but it does no credit...
Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 492 c1049 (Link to this contribution) Of course, that is exactly the question we asked. Some of the supplies had been getting in. The fund...
Simon Hughes | 492 c1049 (Link to this contribution) Were my right hon. Friend and his colleagues able to ask whether humanitarian aid—food, medical supp...
Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 492 c1049-50 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention, because we asked that question. The local authorities conceded ...
Andrew Dismore | 492 c1049 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman described the conditions in the camps, but there have been many accounts of...
Peter Bottomley | 492 c1054 (Link to this contribution) May I say four sentences? First, I pay tribute to the gentleness and courtesy of the demonstrators i...
Jeremy Corbyn | 492 c1054-5 (Link to this contribution) We are meeting here while an enormous demonstration is taking place in Parliament square. I have bee...
Speaker | 492 c1051 (Link to this contribution) Order. The debate will end in less than half an hour. I ask Members, if they all want to contribute,...
John Bercow | 492 c1051-3 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure and a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh...
John McDonnell | 492 c1053-4 (Link to this contribution) Like many other Members, I am here to voice the feelings of my Tamil constituents; a wave of anger, ...
Simon Hughes | 492 c1043 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that whereas the Chinese might, for historic reasons, be concerned that b...
Ed Davey | 492 c1041-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his opening speech, which accurately described the situation and what needs...
Lee Scott | 492 c1045 (Link to this contribution) We have had numerous debates in the Chamber and in Westminster Hall on Sri Lanka. The Prime Minister...
Keith Vaz | 492 c1046-7 (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ilford, North (Mr. Scott). No Conservative Mem...
Ed Davey | 492 c1043 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my hon. Friend, and we also need to go further within the European Union. It w...
Neil Gerrard | 492 c1043-4 (Link to this contribution) I suspect that there will be a lot of agreement in this debate—virtual unanimity—as there has been i...
Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 492 c1048-9 (Link to this contribution) I come to the debate with some trepidation because I am fresh to the topic. On the other hand, I was...
Andrew Love | 492 c1047 (Link to this contribution) I am listening carefully to my right hon. Friend's speech. He touched on the role of the Indian Gove...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1034 (Link to this contribution) As I shall come on to say, democratic states are held to a higher standard of responsibility than ot...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1035 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious of time, but I shall give way and then make progress.
Ed Davey | 492 c1035 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for making it absolutely clear that the Government support an investig...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1035 (Link to this contribution) Emphatically, yes. Before I say anything further about the conflict, I shall touch on the Tamil dem...
Lembit Opik | 492 c1035 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to hear the Minister say that, but is he aware that the reputation of the Government an...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1035-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows, as I have stated, that there is a right to peaceful protest; he knows also...
Simon Hughes | 492 c1036 (Link to this contribution) The Minister knows how supportive we are of him and his colleagues. Given the inability to establish...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1036 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has taken a long interest in the issue, and our comprehensive view is that there ...
Virendra Sharma | 492 c1036 (Link to this contribution) Everybody appreciates and is thankful for the Foreign Secretary's intervention, the statement from t...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1036 (Link to this contribution) I am very conscious of the time that is available, and many Members wish to speak. I shall give way ...
Andrew Love | 492 c1038 (Link to this contribution) The Indian elections are concluding on Saturday, and we need the new Indian Government to speak out ...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1036-7 (Link to this contribution) I emphatically understand the frustration of people who want the conflict to be brought to a conclus...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1038 (Link to this contribution) The issue of the Indian Government is at the fore of our concerns. Concerted international pressure ...
Keith Simpson | 492 c1039 (Link to this contribution) This is the latest in a series of debates in the House about the worsening situation in Sri Lanka. I...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1034 (Link to this contribution) I shall come on to comment in detail about that situation, but let me reassure—unfortunately reassur...
Andrew Dismore | 492 c1034 (Link to this contribution) It is quite clear that the Sri Lankan Government are impervious to anything that the rest of the wor...
Bill Rammell | 492 c1034 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of Sri Lanka." With the conflict between t...
Keith Vaz | 492 c1034 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend mentioned the Foreign Secretary's excellent statement in New York. Is there any truth...
Siobhain McDonagh | 492 c1050-1 (Link to this contribution) The Sri Lankan Government believe that we will not do anything. They believe that Governments around...
John McDonnell | 492 c1039 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman emphasised the small parameters within which refugees are located. Surely it is a...
Keith Vaz | 492 c1047 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. India cannot do it on its own, but going through the statements ...
Virendra Sharma | 492 c1057 (Link to this contribution) Since the previous debate in the House, things have got significantly worse in the conflict area in ...
Subjects
Armed conflict Casualties Civilians China Terrorism United Nations Sri Lanka Tamils Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Ceasefires
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