Ministers rejected claims the UK Government is acting like “a wing of Sinn Fein” as MPs approved plans to bolster the official status of the Irish language in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker hit back at the suggestion from the DUP during consideration of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill.
The proposed law aims to create new protections for the Irish language, and also proposes two commissioner roles – one for the Irish language and another for the Ulster Scots/Ulster British tradition.
