10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney

Early day motion 1560, tabled 4 September 2023 by Gregory Campbell (DUP). Signed by 6 members.

That this House notes the recent tenth anniversary of the passing of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, whose poetry and verse have been read by millions; and acknowledges his Bellaghy roots in County Londonderry and his Irish Nationalist background, epitomised by a well-known quote from 1983 about not raising a glass to the Queen, followed in later years by another quote during a dispute about the flying of the Union Flag, where he admirably and accurately said, sure there’s never going to be a united Ireland, so why don’t you let them fly the flag.

Signatures by party: DUP 3, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Scottish National Party 1.