Paula Sherriff
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(8 years, 5 months ago)
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Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury) (Lab)
Like many others across the House, I have been saddened and deeply distressed to hear of some terrible racist and xenophobic incidents recently. In fact, during the course of this debate, I have been sent a message to say that a young lady in my constituency has been told to go “home”. This is her home, and she is very welcome here. Will the Prime Minister agree to convene an urgent meeting of a cross-party commission to look into race hate crimes and how we can eradicate this cancer from our society?
The Prime Minister
The hon. Lady’s point is absolutely right, and as for the organisation that she mentions, I shall look into it.