BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE ACT

Early day motion 1060, tabled 14 March 2017 by Dawn Butler (Labour). Signed by 58 members.

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

Signatures by party: Labour 30, Scottish National Party 17, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, UUP 2, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.