Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — 12 Oct 2022 at 16:43
“respect the freedom of all persons in Northern Ireland to choose, affirm, maintain and develop their national and cultural identity and to celebrate and express that identity in a manner which takes into account the sensitivities of those with different national or cultural identities and respects the rule of law.”
“An essential aspect of the reconciliation process is the promotion of a culture of tolerance at every level of society”.
“The Secretary of State may do anything that a Northern Ireland Minister or Northern Ireland department could do in the exercise of an identity and language function”-
“remedy its failure and avoid future failures”.
“might have better regard to published facilitation guidance.”
“I believe that the people of Northern Ireland have a rich cultural identity, a mixture of native Irish and of the many peoples who made Ireland their home. This rich ancestry influenced our surnames, our place names and our everyday language. Our vernacular of hiberno English reflects this mixed identity. We are native…speakers whose English is littered with beautiful Scots and Gaelic words. The syntax of our speech reflects that of Gaelic. As a people, we are culturally rich, yet instead of embracing that wonderful cultural mix, we separate it into narrow divisive boxes and deny ourselves.”
“no Person or Persons that use the Welsh Speech or Language, shall… enjoy any manner Office or Fees”
“the English text shall prevail”.
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Stephen Farry | North Down | Alliance | aye |
Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con | aye |
Bim Afolami | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | aye |
Nickie Aiken | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | aye |
Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | aye |
Lee Anderson | Ashfield | whilst Con | aye |
Stuart Anderson | Wolverhampton South West | Con | tellaye |
Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con | aye |
Caroline Ansell | Eastbourne | Con | aye |
Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con | aye |
Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
Gareth Bacon | Orpington | Con | aye |
Shaun Bailey | West Bromwich West | Con | aye |
Siobhan Baillie | Stroud | Con | aye |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con | aye |
John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con | aye |
Simon Baynes | Clwyd South | Con | aye |
Scott Benton | Blackpool South | whilst Con | aye |
Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con | aye |
Saqib Bhatti | Meriden | Con | aye |
Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con | aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con | aye |
Andrew Bowie | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Con | aye |
Ben Bradley | Mansfield | Con | aye |
Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | Con | aye |
Jack Brereton | Stoke-on-Trent South | Con | aye |
Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | whilst Con | aye |
Steve Brine | Winchester | Con | aye |
Paul Bristow | Peterborough | Con | aye |
Sara Britcliffe | Hyndburn | Con | aye |
Anthony Browne | South Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
Rob Butler | Aylesbury | Con | aye |
Alun Cairns | Vale of Glamorgan | Con | aye |
Andy Carter | Warrington South | Con | aye |
James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | aye |
Miriam Cates | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Con | aye |
Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con | aye |
Alex Chalk | Cheltenham | Con | aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | aye |
Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con | aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con | aye |
Theo Clarke | Stafford | Con | aye |
Brendan Clarke-Smith | Bassetlaw | Con | aye |
Chris Clarkson | Heywood and Middleton | Con | aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con | aye |
Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
Elliot Colburn | Carshalton and Wallington | Con | aye |
Claire Coutinho | East Surrey | Con | aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con | aye |
Virginia Crosbie | Ynys Môn | Con | aye |
Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con | aye |
Gareth Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con | aye |
James Davies | Vale of Clwyd | Con | aye |
Mims Davies | Mid Sussex | Con | aye |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | aye |
Dehenna Davison | Bishop Auckland | Con | aye |
Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con | aye |
Sarah Dines | Derbyshire Dales | Con | aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con | aye |
Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con | aye |
Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con | aye |
Jackie Doyle-Price | Thurrock | Con | aye |
Flick Drummond | Meon Valley | Con | aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
David Duguid | Banff and Buchan | Con | aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con | aye |
Mark Eastwood | Dewsbury | Con | aye |
Natalie Elphicke | Dover | whilst Con | aye |
George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con | aye |
Luke Evans | Bosworth | Con | aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con | aye |
Ben Everitt | Milton Keynes North | Con | aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con | aye |
Laura Farris | Newbury | Con | aye |
Simon Fell | Barrow and Furness | Con | aye |
Anna Firth | Southend West | Con | aye |
Katherine Fletcher | South Ribble | Con | aye |
Nicholas Fletcher | Don Valley | Con | aye |
Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con | aye |
Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | aye |
George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | aye |
Louie French | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | aye |
Richard Fuller | North East Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Con | aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con | aye |
Jo Gideon | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Con | aye |
John Glen | Salisbury | Con | aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con | aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con | aye |
Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con | aye |
Chris Green | Bolton West | Con | aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con | aye |
Andrew Griffith | Arundel and South Downs | Con | aye |
James Grundy | Leigh | Con | aye |
Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con | aye |
Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con | aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con | aye |
Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | whilst Con | aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | aye |
Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con | aye |
Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Con | aye |
Sally-Ann Hart | Hastings and Rye | Con | aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con | aye |
Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con | aye |
Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | aye |
Darren Henry | Broxtowe | Con | aye |
Antony Higginbotham | Burnley | Con | aye |
Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con | aye |
Richard Holden | North West Durham | Con | aye |
Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con | aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | aye |
Paul Holmes | Eastleigh | Con | aye |
Paul Howell | Sedgefield | Con | aye |
Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con | tellaye |
Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con | aye |
Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con | aye |
Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con | aye |
Mark Jenkinson | Workington | Con | aye |
Andrea Jenkyns | Morley and Outwood | Con | aye |
Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con | aye |
David Johnston | Wantage | Con | aye |
Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Con | aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con | aye |
Fay Jones | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con | aye |
Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con | aye |
Simon Jupp | East Devon | Con | aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | aye |
Alicia Kearns | Rutland and Melton | Con | aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con | aye |
John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con | aye |
Robert Largan | High Peak | Con | aye |
Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con | aye |
Ian Levy | Blyth Valley | Con | aye |
Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con | aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | whilst Con | aye |
Mark Logan | Bolton North East | Con | aye |
Marco Longhi | Dudley North | Con | aye |
Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con | aye |
Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con | aye |
Cherilyn Mackrory | Truro and Falmouth | Con | aye |
Rachel Maclean | Redditch | Con | aye |
Anthony Mangnall | Totnes | Con | aye |
Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | aye |
Julie Marson | Hertford and Stortford | Con | aye |
Jerome Mayhew | Broadland | Con | aye |
Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con | aye |
Mark Menzies | Fylde | whilst Con | aye |
Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con | aye |
Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con | aye |
Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con | aye |
Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con | aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | aye |
Gagan Mohindra | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
Damien Moore | Southport | Con | aye |
Robbie Moore | Keighley | Con | aye |
Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | aye |
David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con | aye |
James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con | aye |
Joy Morrissey | Beaconsfield | Con | aye |
Jill Mortimer | Hartlepool | Con | aye |
Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | aye |
Kieran Mullan | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | aye |
Holly Mumby-Croft | Scunthorpe | Con | aye |
David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con | aye |
Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con | aye |
Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con | aye |
Lia Nici | Great Grimsby | Con | aye |
Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con | aye |
Neil O'Brien | Harborough | Con | aye |
Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con | aye |
Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con | aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | aye |
Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con | aye |
Rebecca Pow | Taunton Deane | Con | aye |
Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con | aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con | aye |
Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con | aye |
Tom Randall | Gedling | Con | aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
Nicola Richards | West Bromwich East | Con | aye |
Angela Richardson | Guildford | Con | aye |
Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con | aye |
Lee Rowley | North East Derbyshire | Con | aye |
Dean Russell | Watford | Con | aye |
David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con | aye |
Gary Sambrook | Birmingham, Northfield | Con | aye |
Selaine Saxby | North Devon | Con | aye |
Bob Seely | Isle of Wight | Con | aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con | aye |
Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con | aye |
Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con | aye |
Greg Smith | Buckingham | Con | aye |
Henry Smith | Crawley | Con | aye |
Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | Con | aye |
Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con | aye |
Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con | aye |
Ben Spencer | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con | aye |
Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con | aye |
Alexander Stafford | Rother Valley | Con | aye |
John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con | aye |
Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con | aye |
Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con | aye |
Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con | aye |
Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con | aye |
James Sunderland | Bracknell | Con | aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con | aye |
Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con | aye |
Edward Timpson | Eddisbury | Con | aye |
Kelly Tolhurst | Rochester and Strood | Con | aye |
Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con | aye |
Laura Trott | Sevenoaks | Con | aye |
Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con | aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con | aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con | aye |
Robin Walker | Worcester | Con | aye |
Jamie Wallis | Bridgend | Con | aye |
Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
Giles Watling | Clacton | Con | aye |
Suzanne Webb | Stourbridge | Con | aye |
Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | aye |
Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con | aye |
Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con | aye |
James Wild | North West Norfolk | Con | aye |
Craig Williams | Montgomeryshire | Con | aye |
Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con | aye |
William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con | aye |
Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con | aye |
Jacob Young | Redcar | Con | aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP | no |
Paul Girvan | South Antrim | DUP | no |
Carla Lockhart | Upper Bann | DUP | no |
Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | tellno |
Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP | no |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP | tellno |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | whilst Independent | aye |
Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | whilst Independent | aye |
Rob Roberts | Delyn | whilst Independent | aye |
Claudia Webbe | Leicester East | whilst Independent | aye |
Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab | aye |
Tahir Ali | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
Fleur Anderson | Putney | Lab | aye |
Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Lab | aye |
Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
Paula Barker | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | aye |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab | aye |
Apsana Begum | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab | aye |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab | aye |
Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab | aye |
Olivia Blake | Sheffield, Hallam | Lab | aye |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab | aye |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | aye |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab | aye |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab | aye |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
Richard Burgon | Leeds East | Lab | aye |
Dawn Butler | Brent Central | Lab | aye |
Ian Byrne | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab | aye |
Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
Bambos Charalambous | Enfield, Southgate | whilst Lab | aye |
Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab | aye |
Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab | aye |
Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham and Rainham | Lab | aye |
John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
Janet Daby | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab | aye |
Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
Tan Dhesi | Slough | Lab | aye |
Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | aye |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab | aye |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab | aye |
Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab | aye |
Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab | aye |
Vicky Foxcroft | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | aye |
Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | aye |
Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
Louise Haigh | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
Paulette Hamilton | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | aye |
Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab | aye |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab | aye |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
Kate Hollern | Blackburn | Lab | aye |
Rachel Hopkins | Luton South | Lab | aye |
Imran Hussain | Bradford East | Lab | aye |
Dan Jarvis | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
Kim Johnson | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
Darren Jones | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab | aye |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab | aye |
Afzal Khan | Manchester, Gorton | Lab | aye |
Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab | aye |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab | aye |
Kim Leadbeater | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
Clive Lewis | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
Simon Lightwood | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
Rebecca Long-Bailey | Salford and Eccles | Lab | aye |
Holly Lynch | Halifax | Lab | aye |
Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | aye |
Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | aye |
Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab | aye |
Chris Matheson | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab | aye |
Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
Anna McMorrin | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab | aye |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
Navendu Mishra | Stockport | Lab | aye |
Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab | aye |
James Murray | Ealing North | Lab | aye |
Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab | aye |
Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
Sarah Owen | Luton North | Lab | aye |
Stephanie Peacock | Barnsley East | Lab | aye |
Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab | aye |
Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab | aye |
Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | aye |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Streatham | Lab | aye |
Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston | Lab | aye |
Matt Rodda | Reading East | Lab | aye |
Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
Naseem Shah | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab | aye |
Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab | aye |
Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab | aye |
Alex Sobel | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab | aye |
Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
Zarah Sultana | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | aye |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | aye |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab | aye |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
Liz Twist | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
Christian Wakeford | Bury South | whilst Lab | aye |
Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab | aye |
Matt Western | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
Mick Whitley | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
Nadia Whittome | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
Beth Winter | Cynon Valley | Lab | aye |
Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | Lab | aye |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem | aye |
Wendy Chamberlain | North East Fife | LDem | aye |
Daisy Cooper | St Albans | LDem | aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem | aye |
Richard Foord | Tiverton and Honiton | LDem | aye |
Sarah Green | Chesham and Amersham | LDem | aye |
Wera Hobhouse | Bath | LDem | aye |
Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
Helen Morgan | North Shropshire | LDem | aye |
Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | aye |
Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC | aye |
Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC | aye |
Colum Eastwood | Foyle | SDLP | aye |
Claire Hanna | Belfast South | SDLP | aye |