Recognition Of British Sign Language

EDM number 850 in 1998-99, proposed by Malcolm Bruce on 20/07/1999.

That this House congratulates the Federation of Deaf People on their well organised march through London in support of their campaign for British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language of the United Kingdom; and calls on the Government to respond positively and promptly to the petition presented by the Federation to No. 10 Downing Street and follow the example of EU countries like Sweden and Finland in recognising BSL as a language and providing support for additional interpreters to facilitate better access by deaf people to essential services such as medical, legal, social and professional services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 100 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Malcolm Bruce	20/07/1999	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Charles Kennedy	20/07/1999	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Dafydd Wigley	20/07/1999	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
John Swinney	20/07/1999	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/07/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Roger Berry	20/07/1999	Kingswood	Labour	Seconded
Derek Wyatt	20/07/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	20/07/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	20/07/1999	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	20/07/1999	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	20/07/1999	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Loughton	20/07/1999	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/07/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/07/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laurence Robertson	20/07/1999	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Kerry Pollard	20/07/1999	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	21/07/1999	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	21/07/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	21/07/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	21/07/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	21/07/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	21/07/1999	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/07/1999	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	21/07/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	21/07/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/07/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/07/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/07/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	21/07/1999	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Michael Colvin	22/07/1999	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Terry Davis	22/07/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
David Drew	22/07/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	22/07/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	22/07/1999	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	22/07/1999	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	22/07/1999	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/07/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	22/07/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	22/07/1999	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/07/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	22/07/1999	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/07/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	22/07/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/07/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/07/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/07/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	23/07/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/07/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	23/07/1999	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robin Corbett	23/07/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	23/07/1999	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/07/1999	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	26/07/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	26/07/1999	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
David Taylor	26/07/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	26/07/1999	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	26/07/1999	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Audrey Wise	26/07/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	26/07/1999	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	26/07/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	26/07/1999	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ray Michie	26/07/1999	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	26/07/1999	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	26/07/1999	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	26/07/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/07/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	27/07/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	27/07/1999	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/07/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	27/07/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Flynn	27/07/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	27/07/1999	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	27/07/1999	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Livsey	27/07/1999	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Jones	27/07/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	27/07/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	27/07/1999	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
John Randall	27/07/1999	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
David Rendel	27/07/1999	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	27/07/1999	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Simon Hughes	27/07/1999	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Foster	19/10/1999	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	19/10/1999	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	19/10/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	19/10/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	19/10/1999	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	20/10/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	20/10/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	20/10/1999	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	21/10/1999	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	21/10/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	25/10/1999	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/10/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	27/10/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	29/10/1999	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	04/11/1999	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	04/11/1999	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	04/11/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/11/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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