BDA - BSL Bill evidence session held on 24 February 2015

BSL Bill evidence session held on 24 February 2015

This is a recorded video from Education and Culture Committee BSL Bill evidence session held on 24 February 2015.

Agenda:

British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from —

Alan Drew, Deaf BSL user and Member of Scottish Deaf Youth Association;
Heather Gray, Director, National Deaf Children’s Society;
Avril Hepner, Community Advocacy and Development Officer, Central and Southern Scotland, British Deaf Association;
Frankie McLean, Social Care Manager, Deaf Action;
Nicola Mitchell, Deaf BSL User and BSL Tutor;

and then from—

Katy Hetherington, Equality Team Programme Manager, NHS Health Scotland;
Nigel Firth, Equality and Diversity Manager, NHS Grampian;
Lorraine Vallance, Disability Adviser at Heriot Watt University and Member of Scottish Universities’ Disability Services Group;
Robert Nicol, Chief Officer, Education, Children and Young People, and
Maria Dick, Sensory Services Team Manager, Forth Valley Sensory Centre, COSLA;

and then from—

Carly Brownlie, Development Manager, Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters;
Clark Denmark, BSL Broadcaster;
Professor Rob Dunbar, Chair of Celtic Languages, Literature, History and Antiquities, University of Edinburgh;
Professor Graham H Turner, Chair of Translation and Interpreting Studies, Heriot-Watt University.