Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 20 July 1999, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 100 members in total.
RECOGNITION OF BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE
That this House congratulates the Federation of Deaf People on their well organised march through London in support of their campaign for British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language of the United Kingdom; and calls on the Government to respond positively and promptly to the petition presented by the Federation to No. 10 Downing Street and follow the example of EU countries like Sweden and Finland in recognising BSL as a language and providing support for additional interpreters to facilitate better access by deaf people to essential services such as medical, legal, social and professional services.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 850
- Session
- 1998-99
- Other sponsors
- Charles Kennedy
- Roger Berry
- Peter Bottomley
- John Swinney
- Lord Wigley
- Subjects
- Languages Sign language
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
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- 2014-09-04 17:56:05 +0100
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