Thousands of Tamils in Brent North are deeply concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka, Barry told the House of Commons when he intervened on 13 July during an Urgent Question on the state of emergency declared there.
He pointed out that the Parliamentary Labour Party had long warned that the country’s government was “no more than a kleptocracy”, which had now been proven to be the case, and called on the minister to set out what measures the UK government was taking to support a new, strong, inclusive and democratic Sri Lanka.