Ann Clwyd on Burma
October 30, 2007
Aberdare’s MP Ann Clwyd made a thoughtful contribution to the Burma debate yesterday : “I was flying over Burma at about 1 am this morning, and I wondered what was happening below in that country. Like many, I have not had the opportunity to visit it, but I have been to the border camps and I have for the past three years been the chair of the human rights committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which deals with the human rights of parliamentarians in trouble. We have over a five-year period heard from the Burmese in opposition, some of whom were elected in 1990. They have told us about the plight of their colleagues in Burma, and the stories are tragic. Members should be particularly concerned about the plight of our fellow parliamentarians who, unlike us, are not able to stand on any platform and speak out, or to practise their mandates.”
All of Ann Clwyd’s contributions to the Burma debate in the House of Parliament are available online here. There is a detailed profile on the Cynon Valley MP on the TheyWorkForYou website, including contributions, voting records, and of course the juicy expenses account. Nowadays it is possible to keep tabs on one’s Member of Parliament and read their Parliamentary contributions almost instantaneously. You can even request a free copy delivered in your e-mail intray!
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