Extract from Lords debate on the Queen's Speech - May 19
Thursday, 20 May 2021 07:53
Lord Naseby (Con):...I turn briefly to the way forward. Truth and
reconciliation are a huge challenge, but the most reverend Primate
the Archbishop of Canterbury visited in 2019 and said that Sri
Lanka was making real progress. Our colleague, the noble Baroness,
Lady Stroud, says from the Legatum Institute that Sri Lanka has
done extremely well over the last decade. I urge the Minister to
work with Sri Lanka on implementing the recommendations of the
Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation...Request free trial
(Con):...I turn briefly to the way forward. Truth
and reconciliation are a huge challenge, but the most reverend
Primate the
visited in 2019 and said that Sri Lanka was making real progress.
Our colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, says from the
Legatum Institute that Sri Lanka has done extremely well over the
last decade. I urge the Minister to work with Sri Lanka on
implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and
Reconciliation Commission and the Paranagama report to establish a
truth and reconciliation committee. If the UK chooses to dictate,
then let me be clear: there is a clear risk to our Indo-Pacific
strategy on Sri Lanka. It will be forced back to rely on China,
thereby threatening the sea lanes and the dissident Tamils setting
up an independent state. Is this really a way to say thank you to a
country whose people helped us in two world wars and whose
Government accepted and helped our Government over the
Falklands vote in the United
Nations?
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