HL Deb 06 March 2003 vol 645 cc128-9WA
Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the terms of the Belfast Agreement of 1998 require that any support for the Irish language (as provided for in the Communications Bill now before Parliament) must be matched by equal support for the Ulster Scots language. [HL1567]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The agreement does not contain provision in the terms outlined.