Member

There is no hurry. It is the Government’s own fault if this is delayed because of the choice of VCG. They can swiftly put a better memorial in VCG and search for a proper learning centre elsewhere. In saying this, I am supported by several Holocaust survivors, including the formidable Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz because she could play the cello, which was needed, ironically, for the camp orchestra—the Germans being such a cultured people. She called these plans “rubbish” in her evidence to the Commons Select Committee. If she has called them rubbish and has asked what could possibly be learned, we should respect her judgment. No one other than her could be more informed, and no one more upset by this ill-judged Bill.