00:00The Prime Minister hasn't ruled out, after the structured talks, an apology.
00:06I represent an area in Merseyside.
00:09There's a fantastic museum, the Slavery Museum, in Liverpool,
00:13which details some of the horrors that happened during that industrialisation
00:17of the exploitation of people in the most awful way.
00:20And I think we have to recognise that is a part of our history.
00:23I think we also have to recognise that that had effects on other countries that linger.
00:27And we have to recognise, too, though, I think, that we were the country that led
00:33all the work on the abolition of slavery long before many others.
00:36So there's good and bad in our history.
00:39I think it's right that we have a structured dialogue about potentially apologising
00:45for our role in this trade.
00:48But that does not and will not include reparations.
