Incidence Of Visual Impairment

EDM number 383 in 1989-90, proposed by Simon Hughes on 25/01/1990.

That this House welcomes research conducted by the Royal National Institute for the Blind in co-operation with the OPCS which shows the incidence of visual handicap to be much higher than the official registration figures; notes with concern that unregistered blind people forgo benefits associated with registration and that underestimates in the number of blind and partially sighted people hinder the effective provision of services; notes that there are over 100,000 blind and partially sighted people in London and calls on the Government to provide the necessary resources for local authorities to ensure that their services meet this end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.