I thank the Chair of the Committee, and it is a pleasure to intervene on him. Further to his point, would he agree that Unionists and, indeed, Northern Ireland Presbyterians played an important part in the resurrection of the Irish language in the late 19th century and own some of that culture themselves? It was Unionists who insisted, in the NDNA negotiations, on having the Ulster Scots and Ulster British tradition commissioner as part of this, and we would of course like DUP politicians to be able to have a more direct say in it. They must do that by getting back into the Executive and back into the Assembly, and they could have delivered this law themselves.
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Robin Walker
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 October 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords].
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