Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Mar 6
Thursday, 7 March 2019 08:03
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Kurdistan Region in
Iraq Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) (Lab):...In talking to the
families of the victims of the Anfal in 2011, I was struck by the
comparison they made to the holocaust of the Jewish people in the
second world war. I come from a Jewish background; my family
died in the holocaust and in the concentration camps. To hear
people of the Muslim faith, who are Kurds, talk about their empathy
with the Jewish people and the state...Request free trial
Extract from Westminster
Hall debate on Kurdistan Region in Iraq
(Leeds North East)
(Lab):...In talking to the families of the victims of the
Anfal in 2011, I was struck by the comparison they made to the
holocaust of the Jewish people in the second
world war. I come from a Jewish background; my
family died in the holocaust and in the concentration camps. To
hear people of the Muslim faith, who are Kurds, talk about their
empathy with the Jewish people and the state
of Israel was a revelation. One MP said
to me, “You know, if Israel opens an embassy in Baghdad
tomorrow”—unlikely, but perhaps more likely today than it was seven
or eight years ago—“they will open one the next day in Irbil. We
would welcome an Israeli presence here.” I had never heard
anybody in the region say that before, and I was struck by
it...
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Extract from Report Stage
(Lords)(day 1) of the Trade Bll
The Minister of State, Department for International
Trade (Baroness Fairhead) (Con):...The Government have
already laid such reports for the UK’s agreements with Chile, the
Faroe Islands, the eastern and southern African
region, Israel, the Palestinian Authority and
Switzerland and Liechtenstein. I am pleased that my noble friend
Lady McIntosh of Pickering welcomed the updates that we have made
and will continue to make as these progress. I hope that it is
clear from these reports that our continuity agreements are
compatible with the maintenance of the UK’s high standards in the
areas of environmental protection, animal welfare and food
safety...
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