British Sign Language

EDM number 606 in 2014-15, proposed by Michael Crockart on 08/12/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Disability discrimination, Equality and Scottish Parliament.

That this House welcomes the British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill which was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 29 October 2014; recognises that the Bill promotes the use of British Sign Language (BSL) by requiring Scottish Ministers and relevant public authorities to prepare and publish BSL plans; further recognises that BSL is the preferred language of between 50,000 and 70,000 people within the UK and since 2003 has been recognised by the Government as an official minority language; and calls on the Government to bring forward similar proposals to raise awareness and promote BSL across the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.