My hon. Friend talks about there being an absence of a political solution. Does he agree that for at least the first three years of Sri Lanka there was a political solution and a multi-party, multi-faith, multi-ethnic Government in place and that it was the deeply regretted rise of Sinhala nationalism that shattered that consensus?
Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Pound
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 March 2009.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth.
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