Debates between Lord Morrow and Lord Kilclooney during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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.