Hansard

Belfast Agreement

Volume 686: debated on Wednesday 8 November 2006

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Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have estimated the annual cost of implementing an Irish Language Bill for Northern Ireland as envisaged in the 1998 Belfast agreement.[HL8077]

Lord Rooker

Information on the cost implications of implementing an Irish Language Act is currently being compiled for the purposes of a consultation paper which the Government plan to publish.