Debate contribution: Armed Forces Recruitment: Derry City and Strabane District Council

Debate contribution by Mrs Julie Middleton on 2 November 2026.

MLA: Mrs Julie Middleton
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 2 November 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Armed Forces Recruitment: Derry City and Strabane District Council
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5806883

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Minister, I welcome your confirmation that the Department will not bow to such intolerance. Do you see the sickening irony that, less than 24 hours before nationalist councillors voted to ban our military from such events, British Army bomb disposal experts put their lives on the line to defuse a viable terrorist device at a local hotel? Is it not time that we stood up for our servicemen instead of accommodating those who seek to censor them?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2744/22-27.

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