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The Labour MP Dawn Butler signs her question in the House of Commons as she urges the government to give British Sign Language (BSL) legal status. \u2018The low standard of BSL and English bilingualism in education urgently needs addressing in a British Sign Language Act,\u2019 writes Jill Jones. Photograph: PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Letters: Celia Thomas and Rebecca Butler respond to Frances Ryan\u2019s article on the missing piece of the diversity puzzle, while Jill Jones writes about the need for a British Sign Language Act<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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