Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] Debate
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Mike Penning
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Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]
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Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con)
I will detain the House for only a few seconds, Mr Deputy Speaker. On Second Reading I mentioned to those on the Front Bench that I was concerned that British Sign Language, which this House has now placed in statute, was not in the body of the Bill. Can those on the Treasury Bench make sure that when, as we hope, Stormont is re-established, British Sign Language is used in Northern Ireland as it is in the rest of the United Kingdom?