Rwandan Genocide
I believe that it is Mr Newmark’s birthday, so may I wish him many happy returns of the day? I ca...
I beg to move,
That this House commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, w...
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One real problem at the time was the fact that the UN international assistance mission for Rwanda...
My hon. and gallant Friend is absolutely right. Anybody who has seen the film “Shooting Dogs” wil...
Last summer I visited Rwanda, and I was fortunate enough to go back in March and April this year....
This is obviously a very serious subject and the matters to which the hon. Gentleman is alluding ...
I do visit Scotland, but I am not an expert on the highlands. There was some trouble with mobile ...
During his visit, did the hon. Gentleman see any evidence of tension, or, indeed, encounter any
Before the hon. Gentleman responds, it might be helpful if I point out that there are five furthe...
Travelling around the country, we see the reconciliation villages, the process of peace and recon...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Braintree (Mr Newmark) on securing this important an...
I draw the House’s attention to my relevant entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interes...
When I was the British United Nations commander in Bosnia, one of the biggest obstacles to gettin...
I hope so. That is my honest answer. I will come to the specifics of how we might move forward on...
On that important point, the French proposal is excellent but the weakness in it is what we see i...
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point, which anticipates something that I am about to say....
I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Braintree (Mr Newmark) on securing this very i...
Will my hon. Friend join me in thanking our right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr...
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I also note that the Prime Minister endorsed it when in oppos...
To support what the hon. Lady is saying, when I was in Rwanda and taken to a reconciliation villa...
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The hon. Member for Hyndburn (Graham Jones) will remember...
To add to that, there was not just a marriage; one of the partners had murdered the other partner...
Again, that shows the tremendous journey that people have taken. We can all look back to the past...
The hon. Lady makes another good point about the advancement of Rwanda. I was struck not just by ...
I agree. It is important that people who have learnt skills in other countries can go back and he...
It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Pauline Latham) an...
I thank my hon. Friend for his amazing work in leading Project Umubano, and I commend his excelle...
I did not realise that that had happened until my second or third visit to Rwanda, and I was huge...
Does the hon. Gentleman share my chronic fear that we have not learned the lessons from 1994? He ...
I am afraid that I do share that concern. I regret to say that, but I do not think that we have l...
It is a privilege to follow so many powerful speeches from across the House. I congratulate my ho...
I did not think that there would be time for me to speak today, so I did not prepare anything, bu...
It has been a real pleasure to sit through the debate and listen to Members’ contributions. They ...
This has been a moving, powerful and constructive couple of hours. At the outset, it is appropria...
I thank the Backbench Business Committee, and indeed the Leader of the House, for their support i...