Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals for a British Sign Language Bill to promote the use of British Sign Language.

There are no plans at present to bring forward such proposals. However the Government cares very much about this issue. The Interdepartmental Ministerial Group on Disability meets regularly to review ways to improve communications and access to information for all people in our communities. The Minister for Disabilities, Mark Harper, chairs the group, which has its secretariat in the Department for Work and Pensions.