BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE

Early day motion 218, tabled 11 June 2013 by Michael Crockart (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 19 members.

That this House welcomes the Scottish Government's plans to introduce a Bill to promote the use of British Sign Language (BSL) by requiring Scottish Ministers and relevant public authorities to prepare and publish BSL plans; 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.

Signatures by party: Labour 6, Liberal Democrat 6, DUP 2, Alliance 1, Conservative 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Scottish National Party 1.