Free Eye Tests
EDM number 471 in 1996-97, proposed by John Hannam on 30/01/1997.
That this House congratulates the Royal National Institute for the Blind on the publication of Losing Sight of Blindness; recognises that this shows that older people are putting their sight at risk due to not having their eyes tested regularly and that many older people are being deterred from attending an eye test due to the fee; understands that this happens because of fear about the cost of tests and confusion over exemption categories; welcomes the wide range of medical, professional and older people's organisations who are supporting the RNIB campaign; recognises that Her Majesty's Government has said that it would cost ú32 million to restore free eye tests for people aged 60 years and over; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to introduce free comprehensive eye tests for all people aged 60 years and over and other high risk groups as a matter of priority.
This motion has been signed by a total of 101 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| John Hannam | 30/01/1997 | Exeter | | Proposed |
| Martin Smyth | 30/01/1997 | Belfast South | | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 30/01/1997 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
| Ieuan Wyn Jones | 30/01/1997 | Ynys M | | Signed |
| Margaret Ewing | 30/01/1997 | Moray | | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 30/01/1997 | Preston | | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 31/01/1997 | Kingston upon Hull North | | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 31/01/1997 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 03/02/1997 | Bolsover | | Signed |
| Peter Hardy | 03/02/1997 | Wentworth | | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 03/02/1997 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 03/02/1997 | Brent East | | Signed |
| John Cummings | 03/02/1997 | Easington | | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 03/02/1997 | Leigh | | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 03/02/1997 | Crewe & Nantwich | | Signed |
| John Evans | 03/02/1997 | St Helens North | | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 03/02/1997 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
| John Gunnell | 03/02/1997 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 03/02/1997 | York, City of | | Signed |
| Peter Thurnham | 03/02/1997 | Bolton North East | | Signed |
| John Wilkinson | 03/02/1997 | Ruislip - Northwood | | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 04/02/1997 | Dundee West | | Signed |
| Robert Hicks | 04/02/1997 | South East Cornwall | | Signed |
| Roy Hughes | 04/02/1997 | Newport East | | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 04/02/1997 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 04/02/1997 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
| John McAllion | 04/02/1997 | Dundee East | | Signed |
| William McKelvey | 04/02/1997 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 04/02/1997 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
| Ray Michie | 04/02/1997 | Argyll & Bute | | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 04/02/1997 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
| Sydney Chapman | 04/02/1997 | Chipping Barnet | | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 04/02/1997 | Leyton | | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 04/02/1997 | Birmingham, Erdington | | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 04/02/1997 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 04/02/1997 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
| Andrew Faulds | 04/02/1997 | Warley East | | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 04/02/1997 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 04/02/1997 | Sherwood | | Signed |
| Dennis Turner | 04/02/1997 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 04/02/1997 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 04/02/1997 | Macclesfield | | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 05/02/1997 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 05/02/1997 | Burnley | | Signed |
| John Home Robertson | 05/02/1997 | East Lothian | | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 05/02/1997 | Staffordshire South East | | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 05/02/1997 | Ross and Cromarty and Skye | | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 05/02/1997 | Halifax | | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 05/02/1997 | Mansfield | | Signed |
| Alf Morris | 05/02/1997 | Manchester Wythenshawe | | Signed |
| David Nicholson | 05/02/1997 | Taunton | | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 05/02/1997 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 05/02/1997 | Midlothian | | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 05/02/1997 | Islington North | | Signed |
| Jean Corston | 05/02/1997 | Bristol East | | Signed |
| Chris Davies | 05/02/1997 | Littleborough and Saddleworth | | Signed |
| Donald Dixon | 05/02/1997 | Jarrow | | Signed |
| Kenneth Eastham | 05/02/1997 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 05/02/1997 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 05/02/1997 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
| Tommy Graham | 05/02/1997 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
| Roy Beggs | 05/02/1997 | East Antrim | | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 05/02/1997 | Bootle | | Signed |
| Paul Tyler | 05/02/1997 | North Cornwall | | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 05/02/1997 | Orkney & Shetland | | Signed |
| Bridget Prentice | 06/02/1997 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
| John Heppell | 06/02/1997 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
| Robert Hughes | 06/02/1997 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 06/02/1997 | Cheltenham | | Signed |
| Denis MacShane | 06/02/1997 | Rotherham | | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 06/02/1997 | Tooting | | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 06/02/1997 | Newport West | | Signed |
| Don Foster | 06/02/1997 | Bath | | Signed |
| Mike Hall | 06/02/1997 | Warrington South | | Signed |
| Jack Thompson | 06/02/1997 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 06/02/1997 | Caernarfon | | Signed |
| Diana Maddock | 07/02/1997 | Christchurch | | Signed |
| Russell Johnston | 10/02/1997 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 10/02/1997 | St Helens South | | Signed |
| Helen Jackson | 11/02/1997 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | | Signed |
| Anne Campbell | 11/02/1997 | Cambridge | | Signed |
| Alex Carlile | 11/02/1997 | Montgomery | | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 11/02/1997 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 11/02/1997 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
| Roseanna Cunningham | 12/02/1997 | Perth and Kinross | | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 13/02/1997 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
| John McWilliam | 13/02/1997 | Blaydon | | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 13/02/1997 | Barnsley East | | Signed |
| Mildred Gordon | 13/02/1997 | Bow and Poplar | | Signed |
| Andrew Bowden | 18/02/1997 | Brighton, Kemptown | | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 19/02/1997 | North Devon | | Signed |
| John Hunt | 20/02/1997 | Ravensbourne | | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 26/02/1997 | Eastleigh | | Signed |
| Denzil Davies | 05/03/1997 | Llanelli | | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 05/03/1997 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
| Joan Lestor | 06/03/1997 | Eccles | | Signed |
| James Callaghan | 06/03/1997 | Heywood & Middleton | | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 06/03/1997 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
| William McCrea | 06/03/1997 | Mid Ulster | | Signed |
| Eddie McGrady | 13/03/1997 | South Down | | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 20/03/1997 | Ilford South | | Signed |
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