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British Sign Language Dictionary

EDM number 975 in 1992-93, proposed by Malcolm Bruce on 01/12/1992.

That this House welcomes the publication of the first British Sign Language/English Dictionary launched in the presence of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales; congratulates the British Deaf Association on the culmination of its 21-year project; thanks British Petroleum for their generous sponsorship; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to recognise British Sign Language as the preferred language of more than 50,000 British citizens.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Malcolm Bruce01/12/1992GordonProposed
Dawn Primarolo01/12/1992Bristol SouthSigned
Matthew Taylor01/12/1992TruroSigned
Michael Grylls01/12/1992Surrey North WestSigned
Bruce George01/12/1992Walsall SouthSigned
Alex Carlile01/12/1992MontgomerySigned
Richard Page01/12/1992South West HertfordshireSigned
Ray Michie01/12/1992Argyll & ButeSigned
David Madel01/12/1992South West BedfordshireSigned
Giles Radice01/12/1992North DurhamSigned
Alan Meale02/12/1992MansfieldSigned
Paul Tyler02/12/1992North CornwallSigned
Harry Barnes02/12/1992North East DerbyshireSigned
Janet Anderson02/12/1992Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Win Griffiths02/12/1992BridgendSigned
Peter Griffiths02/12/1992Portsmouth NorthSigned
Margaret Ewing02/12/1992MoraySigned
Jim Dowd02/12/1992Lewisham WestSigned
Terry Davis02/12/1992Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Michael Connarty02/12/1992Falkirk EastSigned
Menzies Campbell02/12/1992Fife North EastSigned
Edward O'Hara02/12/1992Knowsley SouthSigned
William McKelvey02/12/1992Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion02/12/1992Dundee EastSigned
Ken Livingstone02/12/1992Brent EastSigned
Jane Kennedy02/12/1992Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Barry Jones02/12/1992Alyn & DeesideSigned
Adam Ingram02/12/1992East KilbrideSigned
Peter Hardy02/12/1992WentworthSigned
Martin Smyth02/12/1992Belfast SouthSigned
Ernie Ross02/12/1992Dundee WestSigned
Colin Pickthall02/12/1992West LancashireSigned
Derek Enright03/12/1992HemsworthSigned
John Evans03/12/1992St Helens NorthSigned
Norman Godman03/12/1992Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Tommy Graham03/12/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
John Battle03/12/1992Leeds WestSigned
Jim Wallace03/12/1992Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Ann Winterton03/12/1992CongletonSigned
Helen Jackson03/12/1992Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Tom Cox03/12/1992TootingSigned
Keith Bradley03/12/1992Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Liz Lynne03/12/1992RochdaleSigned
Nigel Jones03/12/1992CheltenhamSigned
Robert Hughes03/12/1992Aberdeen NorthSigned
Norman Hogg03/12/1992Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Nick Harvey03/12/1992North DevonSigned
Ian Davidson03/12/1992Glasgow, GovanSigned
Bridget Prentice04/12/1992Lewisham EastSigned
Allan Rogers04/12/1992RhonddaSigned
Russell Johnston04/12/1992Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Don Foster04/12/1992BathSigned
Andrew Miller07/12/1992Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie08/12/1992Glasgow, PollokSigned
Llin Golding08/12/1992Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Tony Lloyd08/12/1992StretfordSigned
John Heppell08/12/1992Nottingham EastSigned
Alan Milburn09/12/1992DarlingtonSigned
Richard Burden09/12/1992Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Eric Illsley10/12/1992Barnsley CentralSigned
Charles Kennedy10/12/1992Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
Archy Kirkwood10/12/1992Roxburgh & BerwickshireSigned
Ian McCartney10/12/1992MakerfieldSigned
Simon Hughes11/12/1992Southwark and BermondseySigned
Audrey Wise14/12/1992PrestonSigned
Roland Boyes11/01/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Austin Mitchell15/01/1993Great GrimsbySigned
George Howarth21/01/1993Knowsley NorthSigned
Barry Sheerman25/01/1993HuddersfieldSigned
Barbara Roche11/03/1993Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned

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