Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 24 February 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.

Child Migration

Lords statement on child migration schemes, which ran until the late 1960s, which transported children from Britain to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 717 c1017-23
Session: 2009-10
Department: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 717 c1017-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement made in the other place by my righ...; Lord Strathclyde | 717 c1019 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating the Statement made by the Prime Minister. I fully...; Bishop of Leicester | 717 c1020-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak for this Bench in saying how deeply moved we are by the stories of former child mi...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 717 c1020 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Strathclyde, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Ba...; Lord Martin of Springburn | 717 c1021 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the apology. I have met Margaret Humphreys and many former child migrants who ca...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 717 c1021 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for the support of his Benches. He is absolute...; Lord Eden of Winton | 717 c1021 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly support what was said by my noble friend Lord Strathclyde. Can the noble Barone...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 717 c1021 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have not spoken about compensation. Today, we have set up the restoration fund which we...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 717 c1022 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there are many lessons to be learnt from this horrendous episode in our history. The noble...; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | 717 c1022 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Statement very warmly indeed. Speaking as the treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 717 c1022 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness makes some important and valid points about child trafficking today, wh...; Lord Elystan-Morgan | 717 c1023 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness has, with commendable caution, stated that she will not be able to give...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 717 c1023 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for pointing out the important progress that has been made...; Baroness Barker | 717 c1019-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of these Benches I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, for repeating the Stat...
Subjects: Children Abuse Australia Canada Finance Human rights New Zealand South Africa Zimbabwe Emigration
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Child Migration

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