Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The facts of the Bill are that it places torture and other war crimes on a different level to crimes of sexual violence. That is not embarrassing; that is unconscionable for a country with a proud record of upholding unequivocally the international conventions that we helped to draw up.
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Healey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 September 2020.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) Bill.
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