First World War: Commemoration Debate

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Lord Wright of Richmond

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First World War: Commemoration

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Tuesday 12th February 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Gardiner of Kimble Portrait Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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My Lords, there is clearly a totemic significance to the Christmas truce, and it should be commemorated. Discussions are ongoing with the Football Association and the National Children’s Football Alliance.

Lord Wright of Richmond Portrait Lord Wright of Richmond
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My Lords, may I support the Minister’s word “commemoration” and suggest that, in due course, some thought should be given to celebrating the Armistice in 1918?

Lord Gardiner of Kimble Portrait Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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The day falls on a Sunday, and will clearly be part of the ongoing discussions. Yes, the word is “commemoration”—of all that happened in those four years of a dreadful war.