Political updates: May 2009

15th May 2009
In a debate on a private member's bill tabled by John Bercow, the MP highlighted figures on deaf children's under achievement, whilst Mary Creagh MP revealed that she had been deaf herself in her twenties. 
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14th May 2009
Baroness Thomas asked how Ofcom markets the Typetalk service.
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14th May 2009
Malcolm Bruce MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness asked about access to emergency phone numbers for deaf people.
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6th May 2009
The Government has published its response to the Laming review on child protection.
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6th May 2009
John Heppell MP raised NDCS concerns about Ofsted inspectors not being deaf aware in a Children, Schools and Families Select Committee meeting with the Chief Executive of Ofsted (see Q328).
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NDCS briefing on Ofsted (66 kb)