An MP called for a permanent monument to the Holocaust in Parliament today.

Speaking during this morning’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Harrow East MP Bob Blackman noted that yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

He asked Prime Minister David Cameron if he would make sure that a proposed monument to the “terrible tragedy” is accessible throughout the United Kingdom.

Mr Blackman added that funding for the Lessons from Auschwitz project needed to be safeguarded for future generations.

Mr Cameron said: “I am sure that my honourable friend speaks on behalf of the whole house and indeed the whole country in wanting to commemorate properly the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and to ensure that here in Britain we properly commemorate the horrors of Auschwitz for years to come.

“The Leader of the Opposition, the Deputy Prime Minister and I were privileged to meet so many survivors yesterday with the extraordinary stories that they have to tell, but they cannot go on telling those stories for ever.

“It is vital that we record their testimony, that we make sure that education about the holocaust is maintained, that we establish this national monument, for which three places have been identified, and that this work goes head starting now with all-party support.”