Local MP Helen Hayes Labour, Dulwich and West Norwood) will on Monday (16 June) lead a debate in Parliament to mark this year’s Windrush Day.
It will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in 1948 and the generation of people who came from Commonwealth countries in the decades after the war to make their home in the UK.
“It will recognise and celebrate the enormous contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants to the whole of the United Kingdom,” said a spokesperson for the MP, whose constituency includes Windrush Square in Brixton.
The debate will provide an opportunity to reflect on the devastating consequences of the Windrush scandal and the continued need to for action to deliver justice and compensations to Windrush citizens whose lives were devastated by the actions of the Home Office.
“We mark Windrush Day to celebrate the extraordinary and enduring contribution of the Windrush Generation to communities across the UK,” said Helen Hayes.
“I am proud to represent a constituency with a direct connection to the Empire Windrush passengers and which is home to so many members of the Windrush generation and their families.
“The Labour government has taken important steps towards reforming the Windrush Compensation Scheme, but there are still far too many people who have not received the justice they deserve.,” Hayes said.
A team from the Home Office department dealing with Windrush compensation is due to be present at the Big Caribbean Lunch on Windrush Day (Sunday 22 June) in Windrush Square.
“This debate is an important opportunity for all MPs to both mark Windrush Day and to call for the further meaningful action needed to address the injustice of the Windrush scandal and to ensure that such a scandal can never happen again,” Hayes said.
The debate will take place in the main House of Commons chamber on Monday 16 June from around 5pm and will be streamed live at
https://parliamentlive.tv/Commons
