Questions to the Prime Minister?

Jack Brereton.

Mr. Speaker,

Mr. Speaker, I've been asked to reply on behalf of my right,

Mr. David Liddings.

Mr. Speaker, I've been asked to reply on behalf of my right,

my friend the Prime Minister, who is today in Belfast

attending the funeral of Lera McKee. This was a brutal, cowardly murder

of a young woman, a brilliant journalist who represented all that is good in Northern Ireland.

And those responsible for her murder have nothing to offer anyone from any community in Northern Ireland. And I'm sure that members right

across the House will want to join me in sending our deepest sympathies to Lira's partner, Sarah,

her other family members and her friends. And as her family have asked, we today say that we stand

with Lira. Mr. Speaker, the attack on three Christian churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter

Sunday was a horrific and cowardly act, and the House will know that a number of British citizens

were also killed. Yesterday, my right honourable friend the Prime Minister

spoke to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka to send her condolences to all affected and to offer

his government any assistance they may need. I am sure the whole House will not only want

to join me in sending sympathies and condolences to all who were caught up in that horrific attack.

But I hope too that the House will perhaps reflect on the fact that that atrocity committed

on Easter Sunday came just a couple of weeks after an equally brutal and appalling attack in Christchurch, New Zealand,

upon the Muslim community worshipping there.

And as we stand today between Easter and next week, the beginning of the solemn month of Ramadan for our Muslim

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