Debate contribution: Good Relations Funding
Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .
- MLA
- Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 7 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Good Relations Funding
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5669822
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I thank the Member for his question. It was a busy summer, with plenty of activities, some of which I engaged in with the Member, not least the Farnborough air show, at which we supported our aerospace and defence companies, right through to the fleadh in Belfast. It is incredibly important that we take opportunities to show leadership. I count it a huge honour to be in this role and to be able to speak up for, champion and showcase all that is good about this place. I had the honour of attending many events, from the commemorations for the 110th anniversary of the Somme in France to our Twelfth celebrations. I supported our athletes in the Commonwealth Games and went down to Dublin to the Dublin branch of the Royal British Legion to remember the lives of the young men from not just this region but right across the island who gave so much in the war. I also attended the fleadh. I believe that it is incredibly important to show respect. It is, of course, important to demand respect for who I am, but it is also important to show that respect. I do not have to be of a particular tradition or to have a tradition belong to me in order to show respect for it. I hope that that has been the clear message that has gone out from what has been a positive summer of engagement.
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