A Bill to require lip-reading to be classified as an essential skill for the purpose of skills funding; to require the Secretary of State to ensure that people who are deaf or hard of hearing have access to lip-reading classes provided by local learning providers at no cost to the learner; and for connected purposes
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If enacted, this bill would treat lip-reading as an essential skill for skills funding and require the government to provide free lip-reading courses to deaf or hard of hearing people through local learning providers. It would give the Secretary of State power to ensure access to these courses and to take related steps to support lip-reading learning.
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10 May 2011
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