Pittsburgh: Synagogue Attack

Baroness Tonge Excerpts

Monday 29th October 2018 Lords Chamber

[Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth]

My Lords, the whole House will have great sympathy with the words my noble friend has just uttered. However, I repeat the point that the Chief Rabbi’s office has felt—correctly, I believe—that there has been outstanding support from all communities in Britain with regard to what has happened in Pittsburgh. That is not to say there is not an issue to be addressed, but the action that the Government have taken, which is supported so clearly in the House of Lords, will help us to combat the dreadful evil of anti-Semitism.

[Baroness Tonge (Non-Afl)]

My Lords—

[Lord Carlile of Berriew (CB)]

My Lords—