Centenary of the Battle of the Somme

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:25 pm on 29 June 2016.

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Photo of Bob Stewart Bob Stewart Conservative, Beckenham 7:25, 29 June 2016

I am only going to repeat something I have said in this House before, but it is terribly important. The men from the north of Ireland—Northern Ireland—and from the south of Ireland together got more Victoria Crosses than the Scots, the English and the Welsh put together. They were incredible.