David Norris (Independent)

The definition of a gentleman is one who knows how to play the bagpipes but refrains from doing so. Had he mentioned the uilleann pipes he would have had me with him completely. When he went on to talk about Ulster Scots, I was completely and absolutely gone, and I do not give a tuppenny damn about Wilson, McKinley, Calvin Coolidge, Taft or any of them from wherever they came. I will tell the Minister a matter of fact. Ulster Scots is not a language; it is a dialect. One might as well protect the way they speak in Leicestershire, Cornwall, Cork, Corca Dhuibhne or anywhere else. It is not a language.