This document shows a debate in the House of Commons about the Government’s handling of the Ugandan Asians expulsion on 6 December 1972. Response by Mr Parkinson. (T353/27 f.13)
Transcript
The Hon. Member did not say it , but throughout his speech ran the implication that these people would be a drain on our nation, and that they had opted to be that drain. The basic reason for their expulsion from Uganda was that they were too successful. They controlled too much of Uganda’s economy. The implication of what the Hon. Member said rang loud and clear. It was that these people came here to be parasites. It is no good the Hon. Member’s shaking his head. By making that implication the Hon. Member will create the ill will, misunderstanding, and difficulties about which he is hypocrite enough to pretend he cares.