Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said that she would be “absolutely delighted to visit” Northern Ireland, if Strangford MP Jim Shannon can arrange for the Derry Girls cast to be present.
Ms Nandy was responding to an invite from Jim Shannon on Thursday to visit his constituency of Strangford.
The Culture Secretary informed the Commons that Derry Girls is her "favorite TV show in the world" and said that if Mr Shannon can arrange for her to meet the cast, then she would be "absolutely delighted to visit."
The DUP MP told the Commons on Thursday: “In my constituency of Strangford and the Ards and North Downs Borough Council area to be specific, the issue of creative industries is really important whether it be arts, whether it be metal sculptures, whether it be music arts, and the Ulster Scots funds, through all the veins that’s there.
“Could I invite the minister to come to Northern Ireland, to my constituency of Strangford, to observe and enjoy all that we have there? When you come there, you’ll never see anything else like it.”
Referring to the Channel 4 sitcom, Ms Nandy replied: “I’m very aware of the enormous contribution that the whole of Northern Ireland makes to our creative industries. I have to confess that my favourite TV show in the world is the Derry Girls. If he can arrange for the Derry Girls to be present, I would be absolutely delighted to visit.”
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