Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 23 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.
Sign Language Week
That this House celebrates Sign Language Week, held from 16 to 22 March 2026; welcomes this year’s theme entitled United in Sign, celebrating unity, pride, and collective action around sign language; notes the importance of sign as a form of language, heritage and identity for the deaf community; recognises the importance of allyship, for inclusion and visibility; further notes that an estimated 151,000 individuals utilise the language in the UK; and further recognises barriers faced by the deaf community in an oral centred world and the implications of denying deaf children access to sign language resulting in language deprivation.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 3008
- Session
- 2024-26
- Other sponsors
- Wera Hobhouse
- Jim Shannon
- Steve Darling
- Ian Roome
- Joshua Reynolds
- Subjects
- Hearing impairment Sign language
- Link
- View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk
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- Timestamp
- 2026-04-22 16:55:07 +0100
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- http://data.parliament.uk/edms/65463
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