Extract from Commons debate on the Budget - Nov 27
Tuesday, 28 November 2017 08:04
Peter Grant (Glenrothes) (SNP):...We often hear that the wishes of
residents must be paramount. With regard to the residents of
the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, I agree with that
100%. What account have the Government taken of the wishes of the
former residents of the Chagos islands, whose treatment by previous
UK Governments could properly be described as ethnic cleansing or
indeed abduction? By today’s standards it may well fall under the
UN definition of genocide, which...Request free trial
(Glenrothes)
(SNP):...We often hear that the wishes of residents must
be paramount. With regard to the residents of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, I agree
with that 100%. What account have the Government taken of the
wishes of the former residents of the Chagos islands, whose
treatment by previous UK Governments could properly be described as
ethnic cleansing or indeed abduction? By today’s standards it may
well fall under the UN definition of genocide, which includes the
forceful or fraudulent removal of a population. What account has
been taken of their wishes? It seems to me that if we steal
something from someone, the only way to make an apology seem
sincere is to offer to hand it back. Having stolen the islands from
their population, no apology can be sincere unless the Government
are prepared to offer to hand them back...
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