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Westminster Hall
Sri Lanka: Human Rights - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) Tens of thousands of Tamils were killed in the final months, with accusations pointing to intentional - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) of many thousands of Tamils to India between the 1960s and 1980s. - Speech Link
3: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) I represent many Tamils in my Carshalton and Wallington constituency. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights in Hong Kong - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Paul Scully (Con - Sutton and Cheam) For example, some 25 or 30 years ago, Tamils made their home in south-west London because of the civil - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee of the whole House Day 1 - Tue 16 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Libya, Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon, Tamils - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) But all these years on, they are still at large, unlike the nearly 18,000 Tamils who went missing and - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Tamils, may I ask my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) Will the Minister outline what steps she is taking to support the Tamils’ calls for justice, including - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lankan Tamils and Human Rights - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) I am also grateful to the British Tamils Forum, which plays a key role in supporting the APPG and has - Speech Link
2: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Ultimately, there must be a right to self-determination for the Tamils. - Speech Link
3: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) The first step must be to end all discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka. - Speech Link
4: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) Let us show Sri Lankans and Tamils something different. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Report stage - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I have campaigned with others across the House with regard to Sri Lanka and the persecution of the Tamils - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (LAB - Wigan) For the Rohingya in Myanmar, for the Tamils in Sri Lanka and for countless others, the concern is that - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) inside.I have campaigned against the Sri Lankan Administration owing to their genocidal attack on the Tamils - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Iran - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Member for Richmond Park spoke about the North Koreans, Tamils and Iranians in her constituency and underlined - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The Importance of the Relationship Between the United Kingdom and India - Thu 19 Jan 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Anderson of Swansea (LAB - Life peer) conference at which I looked across at the Indian delegation, saw the remarkable diversity—from the Tamils - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sri Lanka - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) I declare an interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Tamils and as a Member of Parliament - Speech Link
2: Ed Davey (LDEM - Kingston and Surbiton) There are an estimated 5 million Tamils in Sri Lanka today, and they have endured the recent economic - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) in Sri Lanka.Many thousands of Tamils died in the closing months of the terrible civil war, and many - Speech Link
4: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) It is not just Tamils who suffer as a result; Muslims have also been targeted, as have Sinhala people - Speech Link
5: Siobhain McDonagh (LAB - Mitcham and Morden) I thank colleagues from the APPG for Tamils for securing this incredibly important debate. - Speech Link