If the hon. Gentleman checks, I think he will find that the issue started somewhat earlier, with the treatment of the plantation Tamils in the early 1950s, which should have been a sign of the problems to come—the majority language and the legislation to which he referred.
Sri Lanka
Proceeding contribution from
Jeremy Corbyn
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 May 2007.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Sri Lanka.
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