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Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon West) - @LabourSJ
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
17 Jan 2023, 9:34 p.m.

An honour to speak with many colleagues in support of Tamils in Sri Lanka. https://t.co/4j6RLfvRfm

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Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East) - @JoStevensLabour
Secretary of State for Wales
14 Jan 2023, 1:28 p.m.

Iniya Pongal Nalvazhthukkal. Wishing Tamils in #CardiffCentral and around the world a peaceful and bountiful Thai Pongal. https://t.co/iGLYAqeTEQ

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

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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

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Oct. 06 2022

Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 51: Resolution Introduction for Sri Lanka
Document: UN Human Rights Council 51: Resolution Introduction for Sri Lanka (webpage)

Found: political authority, as well as the need to uphold the rights of all people in Sri Lanka including Tamils

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Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street - @10DowningStreet
14 Jan 2023, 9:41 a.m.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wishes the UK Tamil community, and Tamils all around the world a happy Thai Pongal 🌾 Here’s to an auspicious year ahead. https://t.co/bIyTFAeAvG

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Keir Starmer (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras) - @Keir_Starmer
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
14 Jan 2023, 9 a.m.

Iniya Pongal Nalvazhthukkal! On behalf of the Labour Party, sending best wishes and a happy, bountiful Thai Pongal to Tamils celebrating here and around the world. https://t.co/VZE5OkbIXY

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Paul Scully (Conservative - Sutton and Cheam) - @scullyp
14 Jan 2023, 5:21 p.m.

To Tamils celebrating Pongal may I wish you a very Happy Thai Pongal. And to others celebrating, also Happy Songkran, Makar Sankranti, Uttarayana, Thingyan among many descriptions of New Year. https://t.co/AKReAFHuVV

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Parliamentary Research
UK response to the human Rights and economic situation in Sri Lanka - CDP-2022-0194
Nov. 04 2022

Found: political authority, as well as the need to uphold the rights of all people in Sri Lanka including Tamils

Select Committee
2022-07-19 16:15:00+01:00

Oral Evidence Jul. 19 2022

Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debates
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Backbench Business Committee

Found: I have applied for the debate as chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Tamils and I am joined

Early Day Motion
Political and economic situation in Sri Lanka (19 Signatures)
15 Jul 2022
Tabled by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)
That this House notes the developing political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka; acknowledges the widespread corruption and economic mismanagement at the hands of the Rajapaksa government that led to protests in the first place; recognises that the economic solution needed to address this situation must be coupled with political …