evidence: The claim is inaccurate. There is an official record (Hansard) of Irish spoken in the House of Commons, by Thomas O’Donnell MP, on 19 February 1901. Also, Mark Durkan MP spoke Irish in the House as recently as 17 January 2017. Before asking her question to Karen Bradley MP (Conservative), about the introduction of an Irish language Act , Welsh MP Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) spoke a sentence in Irish language during the debate about the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill on 24 October 2018: [...] Roberts tweeted that she understood that "this is the first time the Irish language has been spoken in the @HouseofCommons chamber."