That same evening, another concert will be held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, hosted by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and featuring Richard Bona, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Danilo Perez, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath, Zakir Hussain, Angelique Kidjo, Lang Lang, Romero Lubambo, Shankar Mahadevan, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Masekela, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Hiromi and others.

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David Heath - Ms Harman's opposite number in the Lib Dems - asked that Justice Secretary Jack Straw be asked to address the debate in Westminster Hall, but Ms Harman suggested it might be upgraded and held in the Commons chamber.

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