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Petition: Make British Sign Language part of the National Curriculum

Around 50,000 people in the UK use British Sign Language, so why is this not taught in schools? There are many children who are born deaf, and we need to give them a better chance at a more integrated future. This is why BSL needs to be taught in schools.

RankConstituencySignatures
1Birmingham, Northfield150
2Derby North125
3Orkney and Shetland123
4=Aylesbury107
4=South Thanet107
6Chelmsford106
7Bradford South104
8=Hemel Hempstead97
8=Mid Norfolk97
10Blaydon96
11=Milton Keynes South95
11=South West Norfolk95
13South Basildon and East Thurrock93
14Don Valley91
15=Waveney90
15=Derby South90
17=North East Cambridgeshire89
17=Stafford89
17=Colchester89
17=Birmingham, Selly Oak89
21Kingswood88
22=Stockton South87
22=Scarborough and Whitby87
24=Sittingbourne and Sheppey86
24=Mid Bedfordshire86
24=Birmingham, Edgbaston86
27=Buckingham85
27=Norwich South85
27=Thurrock85
30=East Lothian84
30=St Austell and Newquay84
30=Ipswich84
30=Gateshead84
30=North Tyneside84
30=North Swindon84
36=Thornbury and Yate83
36=York Central83
36=Stevenage83
39=Leeds Central82
39=Birmingham, Yardley82
39=Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland82
39=Bristol North West82
43=Chatham and Aylesford81
43=Filton and Bradley Stoke81
43=Bristol East81
43=North West Cambridgeshire81
47=Birmingham, Erdington80
47=Isle of Wight80
49=Grantham and Stamford79
49=Loughborough79
49=Rugby79
49=Watford79
49=Redditch79
49=Solihull79
49=Bristol West79
56=Pudsey78
56=Fareham78
56=Lincoln78
56=Bath78
56=East Devon78
56=Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport78
62=Chesterfield77
62=Milton Keynes North77
64=South Northamptonshire76
64=Braintree76
64=Barking76
64=Gosport76
64=Bristol South76
64=Hornchurch and Upminster76
64=Preston76
71=Daventry75
71=Cannock Chase75
71=Meriden75
74=Doncaster Central74
74=Halifax74
74=Wantage74
74=South Derbyshire74
74=Washington and Sunderland West74
74=Folkestone and Hythe74
74=Horsham74
74=Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath74
82=South Norfolk73
82=Rochester and Strood73
82=Motherwell and Wishaw73
82=Middlesbrough73
86=Morley and Outwood72
86=Gloucester72
86=East Worthing and Shoreham72
86=North East Hertfordshire72
86=Brighton, Kemptown72
86=Reading West72
86=Redcar72
86=Saffron Walden72
86=Bracknell72
86=East Surrey72
96=Great Yarmouth71
96=Wythenshawe and Sale East71
96=Wolverhampton North East71
96=Harlow71
96=Liverpool, West Derby71
96=Amber Valley71
96=Kilmarnock and Loudoun71
103=West Suffolk70
103=Bournemouth West70
103=Doncaster North70
103=South West Hertfordshire70
103=Clacton70
103=Worcester70
103=Dagenham and Rainham70
103=South Swindon70
103=Liverpool, Riverside70
103=Livingston70
103=Nottingham North70
103=Stockport70
115=Basildon and Billericay69
115=Peterborough69
115=Banff and Buchan69
115=Erewash69
115=Beckenham69
115=Portsmouth South69
115=North East Bedfordshire69
115=Romford69
115=Bournemouth East69
124=West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine68
124=South Cambridgeshire68
124=Glenrothes68
124=Barrow and Furness68
124=Newark68
124=Camborne and Redruth68
124=Ogmore68
124=Mid Worcestershire68
124=Lancaster and Fleetwood68
133=Carshalton and Wallington67
133=Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford67
133=Plymouth, Moor View67
133=Wansbeck67
133=Rutherglen and Hamilton West67
133=South Ribble67
133=Cheltenham67
133=Walsall North67
133=Southampton, Test67
142=Stalybridge and Hyde66
142=Newton Abbot66
142=Coventry South66
142=South West Bedfordshire66
142=Brighton, Pavilion66
142=Welwyn Hatfield66
142=Angus66
142=Portsmouth North66
142=Bury St Edmunds66
142=Yeovil66
142=Southampton, Itchen66
153=Leeds North West65
153=Huntingdon65
153=Dundee East65
153=Garston and Halewood65
153=Newcastle upon Tyne East65
153=Broadland65
153=Bridgwater and West Somerset65
153=Witham65
153=Reading East65
153=Crawley65
153=Basingstoke65
153=Mid Derbyshire65
165=Preseli Pembrokeshire64
165=Bromley and Chislehurst64
165=Canterbury64
165=Linlithgow and East Falkirk64
165=Edinburgh East64
165=Argyll and Bute64
165=Salford and Eccles64
165=Sheffield Central64
165=Kettering64
165=Gillingham and Rainham64
165=Hertford and Stortford64
176=Leeds West63
176=Eastleigh63
176=Calder Valley63
176=Oxford East63
176=Mid Sussex63
176=Lichfield63
176=Wells63
176=Castle Point63
184=Hitchin and Harpenden62
184=Alyn and Deeside62
184=Stretford and Urmston62
184=South East Cambridgeshire62
184=Rayleigh and Wickford62
184=North Thanet62
184=Harwich and North Essex62
184=Norwich North62
184=Hornsey and Wood Green62
184=Blackpool North and Cleveleys62
184=Tewkesbury62
184=Weaver Vale62
184=Croydon Central62
184=Wellingborough62
198=Hazel Grove61
198=Banbury61
198=Knowsley61
198=City of Chester61
198=Gordon61
198=Huddersfield61
198=Aldershot61
198=Dartford61
198=Ashford61
198=Northampton South61
208=Dunfermline and West Fife60
208=Exeter60
208=Harrogate and Knaresborough60
208=Epsom and Ewell60
208=Enfield North60
208=Rochford and Southend East60
208=North East Somerset60
215=South Holland and The Deepings59
215=Central Devon59
215=Chippenham59
215=Halton59
215=Warwick and Leamington59
215=Hartlepool59
215=Bury South59
215=Manchester Central59
215=Torfaen59
215=Gainsborough59
215=Nuneaton59
215=Sheffield, Heeley59
215=North Durham59
228=Luton South58
228=Glasgow East58
228=Sleaford and North Hykeham58
228=Rutland and Melton58
228=Warrington South58
228=Reigate58
228=Lewisham, Deptford58
228=Newcastle upon Tyne North58
236=Bexleyheath and Crayford57
236=Hastings and Rye57
236=Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough57
236=Morecambe and Lunesdale57
236=High Peak57
236=Dewsbury57
236=Worthing West57
236=Stoke-on-Trent North57
236=Blyth Valley57
236=Oldham East and Saddleworth57
236=Glasgow North East57
236=Croydon South57
236=Leigh57
236=Denton and Reddish57
236=East Londonderry57
251=Chorley56
251=Orpington56
251=Chesham and Amersham56
251=Ashton-under-Lyne56
251=Leeds East56
251=South Shields56
251=Southport56
251=Colne Valley56
251=Bromsgrove56
251=Central Suffolk and North Ipswich56
251=Telford56
251=Kingston and Surbiton56
251=Stroud56
251=Charnwood56
265=St Helens North55
265=North Down55
265=Lewes55
265=North Cornwall55
265=Rossendale and Darwen55
265=South Antrim55
265=Birkenhead55
265=Maldon55
265=Broxbourne55
265=West Bromwich West55
265=Torridge and West Devon55
265=Newbury55
265=Glasgow South55
265=Forest of Dean55
265=East Renfrewshire55
265=Burton55
265=Tiverton and Honiton55
265=Spelthorne55
265=Edinburgh North and Leith55
265=Southend West55
285=Sutton and Cheam54
285=Surrey Heath54
285=South Suffolk54
285=Swansea East54
285=Uxbridge and South Ruislip54
285=Newcastle upon Tyne Central54
285=Enfield, Southgate54
285=St Albans54
285=Mole Valley54
285=Bolsover54
285=Cardiff South and Penarth54
285=Brentwood and Ongar54
285=Witney54
285=Somerton and Frome54
285=Falkirk54
300=Lewisham West and Penge53
300=Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner53
300=Aberdeen North53
300=St Helens South and Whiston53
300=Stirling53
300=Twickenham53
300=Faversham and Mid Kent53
300=East Hampshire53
300=Corby53
300=Caerphilly53
300=Glasgow South West53
300=Christchurch53
300=Aldridge-Brownhills53
300=North Warwickshire53
300=Bolton West53
300=Shrewsbury and Atcham53
316=Ellesmere Port and Neston52
316=Worsley and Eccles South52
316=Mansfield52
316=Wycombe52
316=Stoke-on-Trent Central52
316=Northampton North52
316=Altrincham and Sale West52
316=Epping Forest52
316=Liverpool, Walton52
316=Havant52
316=Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle52
316=Blackpool South52
316=Wokingham52
316=Torbay52
316=Guildford52
316=Hove52
316=Ashfield52
316=Selby and Ainsty52
316=Kingston upon Hull East52
335=Kenilworth and Southam51
335=Rother Valley51
335=Tamworth51
335=Bedford51
335=Devizes51
335=Stockton North51
335=Tynemouth51
335=Dundee West51
335=Bexhill and Battle51
335=Darlington51
335=North Devon51
335=Rotherham51
335=Newport West51
335=Nottingham South51
335=North East Derbyshire51
335=City of Durham51
351=Bassetlaw50
351=Wyre Forest50
351=East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow50
351=Broxtowe50
351=Belfast North50
351=Carlisle50
351=West Dunbartonshire50
351=Wallasey50
351=Suffolk Coastal50
351=Edinburgh South West50
351=Jarrow50
351=South Staffordshire50
351=Houghton and Sunderland South50
351=Upper Bann50
365=Warrington North49
365=East Dunbartonshire49
365=Elmet and Rothwell49
365=Maidstone and The Weald49
365=Penrith and The Border49
365=Wyre and Preston North49
365=Hertsmere49
365=Kingston upon Hull North49
373=Crewe and Nantwich48
373=Paisley and Renfrewshire South48
373=Poole48
373=Dover48
373=Dudley North48
373=Bermondsey and Old Southwark48
373=Workington48
373=Tonbridge and Malling48
373=Lanark and Hamilton East48
373=Gravesham48
373=East Yorkshire48
373=Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross48
373=Sunderland Central48
373=Staffordshire Moorlands48
373=Bognor Regis and Littlehampton48
373=Totnes48
373=West Lancashire48
390=North Somerset47
390=York Outer47
390=Birmingham, Hall Green47
390=Stoke-on-Trent South47
390=Edinburgh South47
390=Sutton Coldfield47
390=Bethnal Green and Bow47
390=Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East47
390=Leicester West47
390=Swansea West47
390=Wolverhampton South East47
390=Chingford and Woodford Green47
390=Harborough47
403=Ilford North46
403=Woking46
403=Bradford East46
403=Truro and Falmouth46
403=Bolton South East46
403=Erith and Thamesmead46
403=Bootle46
403=Inverclyde46
403=Warley46
403=Glasgow North West46
403=Newcastle-under-Lyme46
403=Beaconsfield46
403=North Ayrshire and Arran46
403=Barnsley Central46
403=Glasgow North46
418=Weston-super-Mare45
418=Shipley45
418=West Dorset45
418=Chipping Barnet45
418=Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire45
418=Sherwood45
418=Halesowen and Rowley Regis45
418=Blaenau Gwent45
418=Henley45
418=Hexham45
418=Luton North45
418=North East Hampshire45
430=Delyn44
430=South West Wiltshire44
430=Manchester, Withington44
430=Batley and Spen44
430=Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill44
430=Coventry North East44
430=Rushcliffe44
430=Stratford-on-Avon44
430=Burnley44
430=West Worcestershire44
430=Wirral South44
430=Old Bexley and Sidcup44
430=Wirral West44
430=Blackley and Broughton44
430=South West Devon44
445=Central Ayrshire43
445=Wigan43
445=Cambridge43
445=Sheffield South East43
445=Bosworth43
445=Croydon North43
445=Fylde43
445=Maidenhead43
445=Derbyshire Dales43
445=Walsall South43
445=Hyndburn43
445=Hendon43
445=Tunbridge Wells43
458=Sevenoaks42
458=Arundel and South Downs42
458=Sheffield, Hallam42
458=Belfast East42
458=Belfast South42
458=Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey42
458=Birmingham, Ladywood42
458=West Bromwich East42
458=Greenwich and Woolwich42
458=North West Durham42
458=Gower42
458=Esher and Walton42
458=Easington42
471=Boston and Skegness41
471=Arfon41
471=Makerfield41
471=Clwyd West41
471=Llanelli41
471=Lewisham East41
471=Lagan Valley41
471=East Antrim41
471=Vale of Glamorgan41
471=Holborn and St Pancras41
471=Romsey and Southampton North41
471=Finchley and Golders Green41
471=Cheadle41
484=Windsor40
484=Wolverhampton South West40
484=Slough40
484=Wealden40
484=Taunton Deane40
484=Wentworth and Dearne40
484=Leicester South40
484=Keighley40
484=Islington South and Finsbury40
484=Salisbury40
484=Liverpool, Wavertree40
484=North Norfolk40
484=Hereford and South Herefordshire40
484=Paisley and Renfrewshire North40
498=Ochil and South Perthshire39
498=South East Cornwall39
498=New Forest West39
498=The Wrekin39
498=New Forest East39
498=Leeds North East39
498=Streatham39
498=Stourbridge39
498=Midlothian39
498=Louth and Horncastle39
498=Oldham West and Royton39
498=South Leicestershire39
498=Eddisbury39
498=Bolton North East39
498=Barnsley East39
498=St Ives39
514=Ealing North38
514=Glasgow Central38
514=Airdrie and Shotts38
514=Stone38
514=Ribble Valley38
514=Eastbourne38
514=Great Grimsby38
514=Bury North38
514=Sedgefield38
523=Pontypridd37
523=Meon Valley37
523=Aberdeen South37
523=Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock37
523=Edmonton37
523=South Dorset37
523=Battersea37
523=Berwick-upon-Tweed37
523=Macclesfield37
523=Islwyn37
523=Wakefield37
523=Brent Central37
523=Brentford and Isleworth37
523=Coventry North West37
523=Hemsworth37
523=North West Leicestershire37
523=Tottenham37
540=Eltham36
540=Leyton and Wanstead36
540=Vale of Clwyd36
540=Feltham and Heston36
540=Gedling36
540=Aberavon36
540=Manchester, Gorton36
540=North West Norfolk36
540=Nottingham East36
540=Penistone and Stocksbridge36
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550=Heywood and Middleton35
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550=Dudley South35
550=Dulwich and West Norwood35
550=Pendle35
550=North West Hampshire35
550=Cardiff North35
550=North Herefordshire35
550=Hackney North and Stoke Newington35
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550=Thirsk and Malton35
550=North Antrim35
550=West Ham35
550=South West Surrey35
550=Ynys Môn35
566=Blackburn34
566=Tooting34
566=Carmarthen East and Dinefwr34
566=Camberwell and Peckham34
566=Clwyd South34
566=Congleton34
566=Walthamstow34
566=Bradford West34
566=North Wiltshire34
566=Bishop Auckland34
566=Vauxhall34
566=Haltemprice and Howden34
566=Tatton34
566=Harrow East34
566=Hampstead and Kilburn34
581=Perth and North Perthshire33
581=The Cotswolds33
581=Chichester33
581=Wimbledon33
581=Cleethorpes33
581=Skipton and Ripon33
581=Brecon and Radnorshire33
588=Scunthorpe32
588=Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney32
588=Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale32
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588=Dumfries and Galloway32
593=Beverley and Holderness31
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593=Ludlow31
597=Brigg and Goole30
597=Poplar and Limehouse30
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597=Strangford30
597=Brent North30
597=Winchester30
597=Richmond (Yorks)30
597=North Shropshire30
597=North Dorset30
597=Belfast West30
607=Ealing Central and Acton29
607=Birmingham, Perry Barr29
607=Newport East29
607=Edinburgh West29
607=Mid Dorset and North Poole29
607=Runnymede and Weybridge29
607=Moray29
607=Ross, Skye and Lochaber29
607=Newry and Armagh29
607=Neath29
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618=Dwyfor Meirionnydd28
618=Ceredigion28
618=Hayes and Harlington28
618=Copeland28
618=Fermanagh and South Tyrone28
623=Westminster North27
623=East Ham27
623=Islington North27
623=Ilford South27
623=Harrow West27
623=Foyle27
623=Bridgend27
630=Hackney South and Shoreditch26
630=Rhondda26
630=Mitcham and Morden26
633Putney25
634=Mid Ulster24
634=Aberconwy24
636=Hammersmith23
636=Cities of London and Westminster23
636=North East Fife23
639=Westmorland and Lonsdale22
639=South Down22
641=Cynon Valley21
641=West Tyrone21
641=Ealing, Southall21
644Wrexham19
645Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk18
646=Chelsea and Fulham17
646=Kensington17
648Leicester East16
649Montgomeryshire13
650Na h-Eileanan an Iar3