All 1 Debates between Lord Morrow and Lord Kilclooney

Fri 1st Mar 2019

Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Bill

Debate between Lord Morrow and Lord Kilclooney
Lord Morrow Portrait Lord Morrow
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That would be equivalent to the DUP asking Sinn Féin to give assurances tomorrow that it will never again bring the Assembly to a standstill. We do not know what the circumstances will be. Sinn Féin brought it to a standstill. The last time it did this was on social security issues; then, after a long delay, it caught on that this was a matter that came from London, and so it could not change it.

Lord Kilclooney Portrait Lord Kilclooney (CB)
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Does the noble Lord understand what the phrase, “equal status for the Irish language” means? Because I do not. Less than 1% of the people of Northern Ireland show an interest in the Irish language, so equal with what? More people speak Polish, Chinese or Lithuanian. Irish is very much a minimal language in Northern Ireland.