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Lords Chamber
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Thu 24 Jul 2014
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB - Life peer) We have heard moving accounts of Muslims in Burma and Tamils in Sri Lanka persecuted by militant Buddhists - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sri Lanka - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sheikh (CON - Life peer) Reconciliation Commission, particularly in regard to demining, the resettlement and rehabilitation of Tamils - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 11 Jun 2014
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Naseby (CON - Life peer) Thousands of Tamils have gone back from all over the world to Sri Lanka and settled down quite peacefully - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Wed 02 Apr 2014
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Keith Vaz (LAB - Leicester East) might think that they were involved with the LTTE, but that is not the case—they are good law-abiding Tamils - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Council and Nuclear Security Summit - Wed 26 Mar 2014
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keith Vaz (LAB - Leicester East) It will be strongly welcomed by the thousands of Tamils settled in our country. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tamils (Sri Lanka) - Tue 25 Mar 2014
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Virendra Sharma (LAB - Ealing, Southall) said in a debate a few weeks ago that the Home Office and the UK Border Agency should stop deporting Tamils - Speech Link
2: Siobhain McDonagh (LAB - Mitcham and Morden) Even now, nearly 150,000 Tamils remain unaccounted for.But the transgressions have continued. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sikh Community - Mon 03 Mar 2014
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB - Life peer) genocide of Sikhs in 1984 in the same way that they are backing a UN-led inquiry into the killing of Tamils - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights - Thu 23 Jan 2014
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sandra Osborne (LAB - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) concern to the Committee are instances where allegations have been made of the torture of Sri Lankan Tamils - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Persecution of Christians - Tue 03 Dec 2013
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Pound (LAB - Ealing North) One might think of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, and particularly of the Christian communities such as the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Human Rights - Thu 21 Nov 2013
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord Parekh (LAB - Life peer) Our Prime Minister was right to visit Jaffna, commiserate with the Tamils, condemn the army operations - Speech Link
2: Earl of Sandwich (CB - Excepted Hereditary) 4 documentary; there can be little doubt of the shelling and abuses of human rights against fleeing Tamils - Speech Link