Extract from Commons debate on the Budget - Nov 27
Tuesday, 28 November 2017 08:08
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 includes...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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