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November 25, 2013
A senior cabinet minister has apologised for claiming corruption in Britain’s Pakistani community is ‘endemic’.
Dominic Grieve QC, the Attorney General, said sorry after pointing to a ‘favour culture’ among Pakistanis – remarks which were quickly branded ‘offensive’.
He told Saturday’s Daily Telegraph that corruption was a growing problem ‘because we have minority communities in this country which come from backgrounds where corruption is endemic’.
But just hours later Mr Grieve backtracked and issued an apology.
In a statement he said: ‘If I gave the impression that there is a particular problem in the Pakistani community, I was wrong … I believe the Pakistani community has enriched this country a great deal … I’m sorry if I have caused any offence.’
His initial comments were rebuked by Tory MEP Sajjad Karim, who said they were ‘ill-advised’ and ‘offensive, divisive’.
Mr Karim accused Mr Grieve of trying to ‘paint all British Pakistani community members in a certain light’.
The MP, whose Beaconsfield constituency in Buckinghamshire has a sizeable Asian community, said: ‘I can see many of them have come because of the opportunities that they get. But they also come from societies where they have been brought up to believe you can only get certain things through a favour culture.
‘One of the things you have to make absolutely clear is that that is not the case and it’s not acceptable.’
Asked if he was referring to the Pakistani community in his comments, Mr Grieve told the newspaper: ‘Yes, it’s mainly the Pakistani community, not the Indian community. I wouldn’t draw it down to one. I’d be wary of saying it’s just a Pakistani problem.’
He used the interview to highlight the issue of electoral fraud as an area of particular concern.
