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Liz Truss commits to overcoming obstacles to Holocaust Memorial near Parliament
The candidate for prime minister made the commitment at the Conservative Friends of Israel hustings on Monday evening
August 11, 2022 13:46
The candidate for prime minister made the commitment at the Conservative Friends of Israel hustings on Monday evening
August 11, 2022 13:46Liz Truss told the JC she backs legislation to remove obstacles to the building of the Holocaust Memorial in Westminster.
The long-proposed scheme has been held up by planning objections, but the Tory leadership hopeful said: “I will be staunch in standing up for the need to ensure that the terrible events of the Holocaust are never forgotten, and that means doing what it takes to ensure the Westminster Gardens memorial gets built.”
On Monday evening at a leadership hustings hosted by Conservative Friends of Israel, Lord Pickles, who is co-chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation Advisory Board, asked Ms Truss to back it.
“I have a responsibility to see that a memorial and a learning centre are built in Victoria Tower Gardens, next to the House of Commons,” he said.
