The UK will not pay reparations to nations affected by the transatlantic slave trade, a Foreign Office minister has said, after an MP warned the UK is “deeply resented” for its historical role.
Ms Ribeiro-Addy pointed to international organisations which have discussed the issue of reparations, including the 55-member African Union which this month launched its 2025 theme “Justice For Africans And People Of African Descent Through Reparations”.
Anneliese Dodds at the despatch box vowed to work with Caribbean governments on “the most pressuring challenges of today and the future, including security, growth and climate change”.
Ben Obese-Jecty, the Conservative MP for Huntingdon, referred to Caricom’s 10-point plan for reparatory justice which calls for a “an explicit formal apology” from European governments as part of “the healing process for victims and the descendants of the enslaved and enslavers”.
Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy had asked whether Foreign Secretary David Lammy had spoken with his international counterparts about “reparations to people impacted by historic slavery”.
