Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Dawn Butler (Labour), on Tuesday, 14 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 58 members in total.
BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE ACT
That this House welcomes the 14th anniversary of the Government's official recognition of British Sign Language on 18 March 2017; celebrates the culture and heritage of sign language; and calls on the Government to enact a British Sign Language Act in England to give British Sign Language full legal status as is afforded to other officially recognised languages
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 1060
- Session
- 2016-17
- Other sponsors
- Rupa Huq
- Kate Hollern
- Rosie Cooper
- Naz Shah
- Tulip Siddiq
- Subjects
- Sign language
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
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- 2026-06-23 09:14:50 +0100
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- http://data.parliament.uk/edms/50315
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