My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. The founder of the BDS movement is, of course, somebody who denies the right of Israel to exist—an antisemitic act in and of itself, given that Israel exists in international law. My right hon. Friend says that BDS is the biggest single indicator of antisemitism in this country; I take him back to last year, where we saw the highest number of incidents of antisemitism ever recorded in the UK. The biggest month for those was May last year, following the flare-up of the Israel-Gaza issues. That is a worrying trend, and one that is in part promoted by those who do exactly as he says: single out Israel for treatment they do not apply to other countries and support the BDS movement. That is why we must see this new clause passed and why the Government must move forward quickly on those other issues.
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Percy
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 February 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords].
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