Theresa Villiers MP yesterday represented Her Majesty's government at the Remembrance Sunday commemoration at the cenotaph at Belfast City Hall. Following the ceremony, at which she laid a wreath, Theresa Villiers said:
"I was very honoured to be able to represent the Government in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Belfast City Hall. It was poignant to be remembering those who gave their lives in service of their country during the year when we are commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. We should never forget the bravery of the many thousands of men who served in that conflict. They came from all corners of what is now the Commonwealth and was then the British Empire."
"This year has also given us the opportunity to remember all those from throughout the island and Ireland, north and south, who joined the British Army and fought and died in World War One. The fact that the Irish Ambassador laid a wreath at the cenotaph in Whitehall for the first time since 1946 was a recognition of this sacrifice and a welcome sign of the huge improvement in relations between the UK and Ireland that's occurred over recent years."
Theresa Villiers was represented at the Remembrance service in High Barnet by the Deputy Chairman of the Chipping Barnet Conservative Association, Graham Machray, who laid a wreath on her behalf.