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Baroness Twycross (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 March 2025

Debate

Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries

Contribution

The noble Baroness makes an important point. I am clear that when we talk about people making the ultimate sacrifice, we need to make sure that children and young people understand what that means. I sincerely hope that we never get to the stage where our young people today have to make the same sacrifice. I am also clear, from talking to a number of people about their own families’ memories of that time, that there was not unadulterated joy. As well as relief that the war was over, there was significant sorrow as well.

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