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"en.20000316.10.4-284"2
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"As a former Minister in the UK for race relations I am very much aware of the need to look constantly for ways of improving relations between all groups and interests in the population. This requires a careful mixture, firstly of education, and only when absolutely necessary, of legislation. This report totally fails to provide a balanced approach. It is gesture politics at their worst with the clear ideology of the author taking precedence over good sense.
It is damaging through its stridency. It gives no credit for the great achievements in race relations in EU states. It offers only a defeatist agenda, not one of a positive nature. It insults those who are trying to improve a situation and therefore it is offensive to many. In short, it is an abuse of the opportunities offered by our Parliament to debate and determine issues like this which are vital and important and deserve better than this approach.
Those of us who really care know the great difficulties of this subject. We simply cannot support such an appalling set of proposals, particularly as Baroness Ludford's approach could have the unfortunate result of turning the majority against the minority rather than harmonising relations.
This report would undermine rather than improve race relations. That cannot be a desirable outcome."@en1
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