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Disabled Persons Act 1986 And The Loss Of Advocacy Rights

EDM number 227 in 1992-93, proposed by Liz Lynne on 10/06/1992.

That this House notes that, if implemented, sections 1 and 2 of the Disabled Persons Act 1986 would give disabled people the right to appoint a representative to act on their behalf in dealings with local authorities and particular social services departments; further notes that section 3 of the same Act would give the disabled person the right to represent his or her needs during assessment as well as the right to a written statement of that assessment and the right to a review; also recognises that section 7 would require authorities to assess needs before discharging people with learning difficulties from long-stay hospitals; believes that these rights are of vital importance to disabled people; deplores the Government's decision not to implement sections 1, 2 and 3 and its intention to delay section 7 of the Act; and calls upon the Government to reverse this decision in recognition of the need to enhance and not reduce the human rights of disabled people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Liz Lynne10/06/1992RochdaleProposed
Archy Kirkwood10/06/1992Roxburgh & BerwickshireSigned
Margaret Ewing10/06/1992MoraySigned
John Hannam10/06/1992ExeterSigned
Harry Barnes10/06/1992North East DerbyshireSigned
Dafydd Wigley10/06/1992CaernarfonSigned
Jack Thompson11/06/1992WansbeckSigned
Matthew Taylor11/06/1992TruroSigned
Norman Godman11/06/1992Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Cummings11/06/1992EasingtonSigned
Alan Meale11/06/1992MansfieldSigned
Ian McCartney11/06/1992MakerfieldSigned
Nick Raynsford15/06/1992GreenwichSigned
Chris Smith15/06/1992Islington South & FinsburySigned
Russell Johnston15/06/1992Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Tom Clarke15/06/1992Monklands WestSigned
Eric Illsley16/06/1992Barnsley CentralSigned
Jim Wallace16/06/1992Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Win Griffiths16/06/1992BridgendSigned
Don Foster16/06/1992BathSigned
Richard Burden16/06/1992Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Nigel Jones16/06/1992CheltenhamSigned
Simon Hughes16/06/1992Southwark and BermondseySigned
Clive Soley16/06/1992HammersmithSigned
Terry Rooney16/06/1992Bradford NorthSigned
Peter Pike16/06/1992BurnleySigned
Glenda Jackson16/06/1992Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Dennis Turner17/06/1992Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Roy Beggs17/06/1992East AntrimSigned
Tommy Graham17/06/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Edward O'Hara17/06/1992Knowsley SouthSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/06/1992Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Lynne Jones18/06/1992Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Audrey Wise15/07/1992PrestonSigned
Kate Hoey24/09/1992VauxhallSigned
Ken Livingstone19/10/1992Brent EastSigned
Eric Martlew25/11/1992CarlisleSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours26/11/1992WorkingtonSigned
George Howarth03/12/1992Knowsley NorthSigned
Ian Davidson03/12/1992Glasgow, GovanSigned
Mike O'Brien14/12/1992North WarwickshireSigned

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