Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) Tens of thousands of Tamils were killed in the final months, with accusations pointing to intentional - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) of many thousands of Tamils to India between the 1960s and 1980s. - Speech Link
3: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) I represent many Tamils in my Carshalton and Wallington constituency. - Speech Link
Found: The Tamil Tigers were an armed sep aratist group fighting for an independent homeland for Tamils in
Formal Minutes Mar. 14 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: Affairs; Policing; Qatar; Rwanda & Gt Lakes; Save the Pub; Sri Lanka; Street Children; Swimming; Taiwan; Tamils
Mentions:
1: Paul Scully (Con - Sutton and Cheam) For example, some 25 or 30 years ago, Tamils made their home in south-west London because of the civil - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Libya, Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon, Tamils - Speech Link
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that Tamils in northern Sri Lanka have access to clean drinking water.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are aware of the challenges Sri Lanka faces around water management and quality, particularly by communities in the Northern Province. The British High Commission Colombo regularly meets a range of stakeholders in the Northern Province to hear their experiences and issues. A number of public bodies in Sri Lanka, including the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, have conducted tests into the water quality, after concerns were raised by local communities. The UK Government supports the International Water Management Institute, an international water management research organisation, to provide solutions to increasing water scarcity in Puttalam and Kilinochchi.
Mentions:
1: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) But all these years on, they are still at large, unlike the nearly 18,000 Tamils who went missing and - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Tamils, may I ask my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) Will the Minister outline what steps she is taking to support the Tamils’ calls for justice, including - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) I am also grateful to the British Tamils Forum, which plays a key role in supporting the APPG and has - Speech Link
2: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Ultimately, there must be a right to self-determination for the Tamils. - Speech Link
3: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) The first step must be to end all discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka. - Speech Link
4: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) Let us show Sri Lankans and Tamils something different. - Speech Link