Reparations speakers. Photo: Michael Preston for BYM.

‘Reparations aren’t about trying to fix the past.’

Quaker reparations event in parliament

‘Reparations aren’t about trying to fix the past.’

by Rebecca Hardy 20th February 2026

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) co-hosted a discussion in parliament exploring what reparations might mean in practice today. The event, ‘Approaches to Reparations: Faith-based, community, and grassroots perspectives’, was co-hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on African Reparations and chaired by Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill.