Lord Pickles (Con)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his enormous courtesy and patience, and for being willing to go that extra mile to ensure that everybody gets a fair chance to get their view across. I am very encouraged by his remarks with regard to the noble Lord’s amendment. It is a sensible one, and we need something to ensure it is absolutely clear that this cannot drift into a museum of general genocide. The Minister spoke about survivors; to me they are represented by just one survivor, Sir Ben Helfgott. He was an enormous inspiration to get this job done. I am sorry that he is no longer with us and will not see it, but I am delighted that his wife, his children and his grandchildren will see this wonderful memorial built. I am particularly grateful to my noble friend Lady Scott for the way in which she showed equal patience. I think she and the Minister have been the last two people with responsibility for the memorial and learning centre. It was an inspiration to bring the model into the House, so much so that I recall how one of my noble friends demanded that it be brought back again. I think that showed that it was actually quite an attractive model; in particular, the fins are quite attractive. There has been some misinformation—I am sure unintentional—about who designed the fins, and it was Adjaye, but I express my particular gratitude to Asa Bruno, who was the architect in the architectural practice. As the Minister will know, sadly, that very talented young man died of cancer, leaving behind a young family and a wife. I hope that that family will, in the coming years, come to see that the last project that Asa was involved in was a project of global importance, and will come back and see it with great pride. May his memory be a blessing.