26 October 2022
Sir Mike Penning seeks recognition for BSL in Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill

Sir Mike Penning calls on the Government to ensure that BSL is included in the body of the Bill.

Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con)

I will detain the House for only a few seconds, Mr Deputy Speaker. On Second Reading I mentioned to those on the Front Bench that I was concerned that British Sign Language, which this House has now placed in statute, was not in the body of the Bill. Can those on the Treasury Bench make sure that when, as we hope, Stormont is re-established, British Sign Language is used in Northern Ireland as it is in the rest of the United Kingdom?

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