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Question Time: Education, Monday 16 June 2025 with BSL 

https://youtu.be/Wq_l8vPf2f8 Minister for Education, Paul Givan answers Members questions during Question Time with BSL. View Questions

Question Time: Education, Monday 16 June 2025 with ISL 

https://youtu.be/avnE0ge5Fho Minister for Education, Paul Givan answers Members questions during Question Time with ISL. View Questions

Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – Briefings from Equality Commission and Adapt NI, Thursday 29 May 2025 (with ISL and BSL)

https://youtu.be/QG2tg8BRFAw As part of its scrutiny of the Sign Language Bill, the Committee for Communities received a briefing from representatives of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Adapt NI during its meeting on Thursday 29 May 2025. This recording is accompanied with simultaneous ISL interpretation (on the left) and BSL interpretation (on the right).… Continue Reading Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – Briefings from Equality Commission and Adapt NI, Thursday 29 May 2025 (with ISL and BSL)

Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – evidence from the British Deaf Association, Thursday 1 May 2025 (with BSL)

https://youtu.be/W_GvcDbxL2U As part of its scrutiny of the Sign Language Bill, the Committee for Communities received a briefing from representatives of the British Deaf Association during its meeting on Thursday 1 May 2025. This recording is accompanied by simultaneous BSL interpretation. View the full agenda of the meeting. This is a single evidence session from… Continue Reading Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – evidence from the British Deaf Association, Thursday 1 May 2025 (with BSL)

Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – Briefing from the Department for Communities, Thursday 10 April 2025 (with ISL and BSL)

https://youtu.be/OA7WCmZQHbE On Thursday 10 April 2025, the Committee for Communities received an update briefing from the Department for Communities on the Sign Language Bill. This recording is accompanied with simultaneous ISL interpretation (on the left) and BSL interpretation (on the right). View the full agenda of the meeting. This is a single evidence session of… Continue Reading Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – Briefing from the Department for Communities, Thursday 10 April 2025 (with ISL and BSL)

Sign Language Bill: Key Points from the Assembly’s Research and Information Service Research Paper on the Bill (with BSL)

https://youtu.be/JN-CXQJqr1E This recording is accompanied by BSL interpretation and goes through the key points of an Assembly Research Paper that was produced in response to a request from the Committee for Communities. The Committee requested research into the proposals and implications of the Sign Language Bill. This video goes through the ‘Key Points’ section of… Continue Reading Sign Language Bill: Key Points from the Assembly’s Research and Information Service Research Paper on the Bill (with BSL)

Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – Update on call for evidence and engagements, Thursday 27 March 2025 (with ISL and BSL)

https://youtu.be/pom0k0Dj29o The Committee for Communities agree to extend the closing date of its call for evidence until 9 May 2025 and discuss upcoming engagements related to the Sign Language Bill. This recording is accompanied by simultaneous ISL interpretation (on the left) and BSL interpretation (on the right). View the full agenda from the meeting. This… Continue Reading Committee for Communities: Sign Language Bill – Update on call for evidence and engagements, Thursday 27 March 2025 (with ISL and BSL)

Sign Language Bill: Extension of the Committee Stage, Tuesday 11 March 2025 (with BSL)

https://youtu.be/QuDzKNZPCzg Chairperson of the Committee for Communities, Colm Gildernew, proposes a motion that, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the Committee Stage of the Sign Language Bill is extended to 13 February 2026. This recording is accompanied with BSL interpretation. Read the Official Report written transcript

Sign Language Bill: Second Stage, Tuesday 18 February 2025 (with BSL and ISL)

https://youtu.be/7PpY49gakRw Minister for Communities Gordon Lyons moves the Second Stage of the Sign Language Bill, followed by Members debating the Bill. This recording is accompanied by simultaneous translation in BSL (interpreter on the right) and ISL (interpreter on the left). You can also read the Official Report transcript of the debate.

Introduction of the Sign Language Bill, Monday 10 February 2025 (with BSL and ISL)

https://youtu.be/aRsv915Z6kE The Sign Language Bill is introduced in the Assembly Chamber by Minister for Communities, Gordon Lyons. The Bill will now move to its Second Stage. This short recording showing the Bill being introduced, is interpreted in ISL (interpreter on left) and BSL (interpreter on right). Read the Official Report transcript of the Bill being… Continue Reading Introduction of the Sign Language Bill, Monday 10 February 2025 (with BSL and ISL)