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
If passed, the bill would classify lip-reading as an essential skill for skills funding and require the government to ensure free lip-reading courses for deaf and hard of hearing people, delivered by local learning providers.
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