Debates between Baroness Hamwee and Lord Elton during the 2015-2017 Parliament

Mon 21st Mar 2016

Immigration Bill

Debate between Baroness Hamwee and Lord Elton
Monday 21st March 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Elton Portrait Lord Elton (Con)
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My Lords, whether this amendment is carried or not, it must be clear to a Government who refer so often to our Judeo-Christian heritage that they cannot simply stay where they are thereafter. There must be an acknowledgement of what is going on. The truth must be recognised and must be brought to the attention of the world by this country and the many others that are already committed to it.

Baroness Hamwee Portrait Baroness Hamwee
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My Lords, I have a couple of sentences on behalf of these Benches. This may be the first time that my thought processes have followed exactly those of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, but I had concerns about the format, if you like, of this amendment. I would much prefer to be addressing the matter on an international basis through the UN, but then I, too, found Article 8 of the convention, which provides for contracting parties to call on the UN to take action. In the light of the growing call around the world for the recognition of what is going on as genocide, it seems to me that it is absolutely right that we should take this opportunity, whatever the technicalities of the amendment.