Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries
Debate between Lord Hussain and Baroness Blake of Leeds
Baroness in Waiting/Government Whip (Baroness Blake of Leeds) (Lab)
If we conduct our business appropriately, we will still have time for other Members to come in. We have not heard from the Liberal Democrats.
Lord Hussain (LD)
My Lords, I hope the Minister will agree that the role of the British colonies and the British Empire needs to be recognised. Our younger generation needs to be reminded of the role played by people from the British colonies, particularly the Indian subcontinent. I speak as somebody whose family member—my father’s elder brother—went to serve in the British Army. He left my father, aged 15, to look after the family and never came back. That is the kind of example from among those of us from those colonies who have settled in Britain. The new generation needs to be reminded of that.