Extract from International Trade questions: Trade Deals: Human Rights Clauses - Feb 25
Friday, 26 February 2021 08:42
Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab): I say to the Minister that this
country does have a proud record of upholding human rights, but
this Government have a very unhappy record of allowing, for
example, arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which has seen the killing of
innocent men, women and children. On that basis, does he accept
that trust is fundamentally important on the issue of human rights
under any Government? Why should anybody trust this Government? The
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(Rochdale) (Lab): I say to the Minister that
this country does have a proud record of upholding human rights,
but this Government have a very unhappy record of allowing, for
example, arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which has seen the killing of
innocent men, women and children. On that basis, does he accept
that trust is fundamentally important on the issue of human rights
under any Government? Why should anybody trust this
Government?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International
Trade (
): I certainly want to make sure that
all Members across this House can trust this Government, but I say
gently to the hon. Gentleman that Labour’s record on this is
hypocritical and, sadly, it enabled antisemitism to be rife within
its ranks. They turned a blind eye to terrible behaviour from
countries that they like, like Venezuela, and the shadow Secretary
of State even shared a platform with Hamas So we will not be lectured
by the Opposition on these issues.
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