to discuss the allegations and at that point he urged her to make a formal complaint to the tory party and he said it was her choice not to and he said it was her choice not to and that the conservative party does not tolerate prejudice or discrimination. how do you respond to that? i think there has been some great conversation on this. especially bevan aside was he said this was a governmental matter not a party one and it will apply different type of investigation and nusrat ghani has been raising this issue again and but obviously things are not done and it really took a media star than the last 48 hours for the right thing to happen and for this to be taken seriously in an investigation to carry out but of esk ignition and i hope a much wider recognition that this is a systemic issue and nusrat ghani plasma case isjust one in a string of and we believe there is an endemic and institutional problem of
have got calls from conservative and muslim mps and members are many people forget muslims also voted for the conservative party so this is a bigger issue and i think we do politics. of everybody in a process that is fair and independent and can actually get us those concrete resolutions and we absolutely also advocate for the definition and we support the british muslims definition on islamophobia in that regard. just go back to the enquiry islamophobia in that regard. just go back to the enquiry because - islamophobia in that regard. just go back to the enquiry because nusrat| back to the enquiry because nusrat ghani has said she looks now eagerly to see what the terms of reference are for that enquiry. lord sheikh said that is going to be very important and he wanted to see everyone up to the prime minister questioned over this. what would you like the terms of reference to be? what are your thoughts in the shape of that enquiry? i what are your thoughts in the shape of that enqui
terms of reference are not wide enough to really tackle some of the issues. if we consider the situation that nusrat ghani was in the cabinet, very senior person the allegations against a very senior person and it seems this is not an everyday issue, this is quite serious, the notion of her muslim nature of faith being the reason for her to be sacked and all terms of reference which need to be broad enough and also deep enough to consider the wider issues of how muslims are perceived within the party. you know, we ve had comments from the virus to himself on muslim women in burgers and letterboxes and there have been suggestions over 57% of conservative parties have very negative perceptions of muslims and islam so i think it needs to be broad enough and wide enough to really understand this is just a one off 57% of conservative members of parliament. you can still
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