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New Eyesight Standards For Hgv Drivers

EDM number 344 in 1995-96, proposed by David Chidgey on 26/01/1996.

That this House notes the Government's decision that heavy goods vehicle licence holders will lose exemption from new higher standards for eyesight with the introduction of the Community driving licence on 1st July under the Second EU Directive; also notes, while welcoming the implied improvements in road safety, that the Government estimates 3000 heavy goods vehicle drivers will lose their jobs as a direct consequence; and calls on the Government to provide compensation for their loss of earnings, to facilitate high quality retraining, and to examine the feasibility of offering specialist medical treatment to improve the eyesight of heavy goods vehicle drivers affected, sufficient to meet the new requirements, who will otherwise lose their livelihoods.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Chidgey26/01/1996EastleighProposed
Alan Meale29/01/1996MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke29/01/1996MidlothianSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe29/01/1996LeighSigned
Norman Godman29/01/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Harry Barnes29/01/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/01/1996Islington NorthSigned
John Evans30/01/1996St Helens NorthSigned
John Cummings30/01/1996EasingtonSigned
Michael Connarty30/01/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Bill Michie30/01/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ken Livingstone30/01/1996Brent EastSigned
Lynne Jones30/01/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Barry Jones30/01/1996Alyn & DeesideSigned
Peter Hardy30/01/1996WentworthSigned
Edward O'Hara31/01/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Michael Clapham31/01/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jean Corston31/01/1996Bristol EastSigned
Tom Cox31/01/1996TootingSigned
Terry Davis31/01/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Mike Hall31/01/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Keith Vaz31/01/1996Leicester EastSigned
Rhodri Morgan01/02/1996Cardiff WestSigned
Dennis Turner01/02/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Jack Thompson01/02/1996WansbeckSigned
Nick Harvey01/02/1996North DevonSigned
Richard Burden01/02/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
John Heppell06/02/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Jim Wallace06/02/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Janet Anderson07/02/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Win Griffiths08/02/1996BridgendSigned
David Rendel22/02/1996NewburySigned
Charles Kennedy22/02/1996Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
Menzies Campbell22/02/1996Fife North EastSigned
Alex Carlile22/02/1996MontgomerySigned
David Steel28/02/1996Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Peter Pike01/03/1996BurnleySigned
David Alton06/03/1996Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Harold Walker14/03/1996Doncaster CentralSigned
Nigel Jones19/03/1996CheltenhamSigned
Tommy Graham19/03/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Tessa Jowell21/03/1996DulwichSigned
Clifford Forsythe21/03/1996South AntrimSigned
Alan Beith26/03/1996Berwick-upon-TweedSigned
John Gunnell27/03/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Roy Beggs28/03/1996East AntrimSigned

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