David Ramsbotham – 2021 Comments on the Treatment of Iraqi Interpreters (Baron Ramsbotham)

The comments made by David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham, in the House of Lords on 14 October 2021.

Lord Ramsbotham (CB)

My Lords, does the Minister agree that we have forfeited any right to have our word taken as our bond, through our shameful treatment of those whom we employed as interpreters in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)

My Lords, I would not use the word “shameful”. In total, from Iraq, we relocated, with their families, 1,328 people. Of course, 7,000 Afghan nationals have now been resettled in the UK under the Afghan relocations and assistance policy, otherwise known as ARAP.