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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 22 February 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Virendra Sharma. The answering member was Tony Baldry.

Sri Lanka (Human Rights)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on human rights in Sri Lanka.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
540 c269-94WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Church Commissioners
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Alistair Burt | 540 c291-2WH (Link to this contribution) We still believe that. Let me marry that with the remarks that I will make to the hon. Member for Br...
Robert Halfon | 540 c290-1WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to be sitting next to my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Steve Baker), who has been...
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Alistair Burt | 540 c291WH (Link to this contribution) Let me come to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting a little later. We recognise that we hav...
Andrew Love | 540 c291WH (Link to this contribution) The Government's written statement on the LLRC on 12 January states that"““we continue to believe it...
Robert Halfon | 540 c289WH (Link to this contribution) I support everything that the hon. Lady is saying. Is she aware that in November 2011, the UN Commit...
Kerry McCarthy | 540 c289WH (Link to this contribution) Again, we must take seriously the fact that the allegations have been substantiated. They are, for a...
Kerry McCarthy | 540 c289-90WH (Link to this contribution) Labour was concerned about the LLRC's composition and terms of reference, and the report's flaws hav...
Kerry McCarthy | 540 c288-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on securing this debate. E...
Lord Wharton of Yarm | 540 c288WH (Link to this contribution) No, I do not have any further time to give way. I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. The LLRC, which ...
Robert Halfon | 540 c287WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that the Sri Lankan military have now occupied more than 7,000 sq km of l...
Lord Wharton of Yarm | 540 c287WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. Throughout the period of conflict, the military occupied ...
Jim Shannon | 540 c285-7WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for allowing me to speak, Mr Benton. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (...
Lord Wharton of Yarm | 540 c287WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Benton. In the few minutes that I have left, I...
Martin Horwood | 540 c284-5WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very important point. In fact, the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall pointed o...
Speaker | 540 c285WH (Link to this contribution) May I remind right hon. and hon. Members that the wind-ups will start at 10.40?
Martin Horwood | 540 c283WH (Link to this contribution) I commend the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) for securing this very timely debate. At ...
Tom Brake | 540 c283-4WH (Link to this contribution) On accountability, does my hon. Friend share my concern about the committee of inquiry that has been...
Alistair Burt | 540 c292WH (Link to this contribution) No. There is much in the report that can contribute to the pursuit of enduring peace and reconcilia...
Barry Gardiner | 540 c292WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way just very briefly ?
Alistair Burt | 540 c292-3WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot. I have four minutes. I will deal with two or three major issues raised by colleagues in t...
Andrew Love | 540 c271WH (Link to this contribution) Is not it of some concern when the army is investigating itself, and was not the LLRC report meant t...
David Burrowes | 540 c273WH (Link to this contribution) Is not the issue one of accountability and not that we simply want to dismiss the LLRC report? Amnes...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c273WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention.
Gareth Thomas | 540 c273WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a very good speech. I agree with all the points that he has made so far. My...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c273WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I think that it would be better if I continued my ...
Stephen Pound | 540 c272WH (Link to this contribution) Like all of us, I am listening with great interest to my hon. Friend's extremely well researched and...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c271-2WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I agree with the point that he raises. For more than ...
Barry Gardiner | 540 c272-3WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very powerful case. Does he agree that this is not just a matter of looking b...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c272WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that timely intervention. I am sure that the Minister will respond to it....
Tony Baldry | 540 c271WH (Link to this contribution) I am impressed with what the hon. Gentleman is saying, as, I am sure, is the whole House. Surely, ho...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c271WH (Link to this contribution) We all welcome such a move, but later in my remarks I will argue that people are suspicious about su...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c270-1WH (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that I will develop that argument later in my remarks. The demand for in...
Lord Wharton of Yarm | 540 c270WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate. He has referred on a number of ...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c270WH (Link to this contribution) I fully support my right hon. Friend's intervention, and I will develop that point later in my speec...
Joan Ruddock | 540 c270WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and on his excellent speech. Does he agree tha...
Lee Scott | 540 c279WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. I will personally go to the Human Rights Council to try to ensure that ...
Lee Scott | 540 c280WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree that we need to pursue every avenue, includ...
Mike Gapes | 540 c279-80WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we should also look at other international channels apart from th...
Lee Scott | 540 c280WH (Link to this contribution) Forgive me. My hon. Friend and I agree on a number of issues, but not on this one. No, I do not beli...
Nick de Bois | 540 c280WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend rightly talks about what the Americans have said, but they used the word ““if””. They...
Lee Scott | 540 c280WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I was aware of that. I have also been made aware of other such lists of people who are no longe...
Siobhain McDonagh | 540 c280-1WH (Link to this contribution) Last month, I was one of the signatories nominating Channel 4 News for the Nobel peace prize in reco...
Siobhain McDonagh | 540 c281-3WH (Link to this contribution) I hope my hon. Friend will understand but I will not give way. I want others to be able to speak, so...
Stephen Hammond | 540 c274WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening to the hon. Gentleman's case, and I have spoken on behalf of the Tamil community a nu...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c273-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow West (Mr Thomas) for his intervention. I am sure that t...
Speaker | 540 c278WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the next hon. Member to speak, I want to point out that I intend to start the w...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c274-8WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. That is an important point, and I am sure we will get ...
Heidi Alexander | 540 c274WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. On this point, does he agree that it would be ...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c274WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman reads the full report, he will find out that all the figures are there. I am n...
Robert Buckland | 540 c279WH (Link to this contribution) On accountability and independence, does my hon. Friend agree that the forthcoming UN Human Rights C...
Lee Scott | 540 c279WH (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with my hon. Friend. During the conflict, we saw reports of murder, rape and torture...
Lord Barwell | 540 c279WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend not agree that the failure still to have answers to those questions demonstrates...
Lee Scott | 540 c278-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on securing the debate and on his sp...
Alistair Burt | 540 c290WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Benton. I thank the hon. Member for Ealing, So...
Andrew Love | 540 c289WH (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding some concerns about time for the LLRC report, there has been a general consensus in ...
Andrew Love | 540 c287-8WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Alistair Burt | 540 c293-4WH (Link to this contribution) No. I hope the hon. Lady forgives me, but I have three minutes to deal with the rest of the issues. ...
Virendra Sharma | 540 c269-70WH (Link to this contribution) It is pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Benton. I am grateful for the opportunity to rai...
Lord Mann | 540 c280WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar has provided a list of more tha...
Subjects
Human rights Ethnic groups Refugees Violence Torture Sri Lanka Oppression
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