David Norris (Independent)

Pedantry reigns supreme over there. Anyway, in 40 A.D. Caligula commanded that a statue of himself dressed as Jupiter be erected in the temple in Jerusalem. This is exactly the same kind of behaviour.

This is the reason I am asking for this debate. Tomorrow the first train will leave Beijing for Lhasa and on board will be Chinese President Hu Jintao. This is a disaster for the Tibetan people. They have already been overwhelmed by an invasion of Han Chinese. This spells the death-knell of Tibet and we should discuss it in this House.