Britain's Holocaust memorial must focus only on the Jews

The Holocaust Memorial Bill returns to Parliament for its report stage in the House of Lords today. The legislation marks the end point in a – so far – eleven-year process that began when David Cameron set up a commission in 2014 to consider what Britain should do to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and ensure its lessons are never forgotten.

The commission recommended building a memorial and learning centre, with a site chosen next to Parliament, in Victoria Tower Gardens. The proposal has been deeply controversial, both because of the site – which Lord Carlile, the former independent reviewer of terror laws, described as a ‘self-evident terrorism risk’ – and, even more so, because of the likely content of the learning centre.

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