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Immigration Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 21 March 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.

I am obliged to the noble Lord. Respectfully, it appears to me that the proper course of action in those circumstances, where we are putting to one side an amendment that even my noble friend Lord Forsyth would appear impliedly to accept is not workable, the appropriate way forward would be to consider a Motion of this House, directed to Her Majesty’s Government as to how they should address or not address the issues that pertain here with regard to whether there has been genocide. Noble Lords have heard already what the present government policy is. The Government believe that recognition of genocide should be a matter for international courts and that it should be a legal rather than a political determination. That remains the position.

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Reference

769 c2177 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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