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Snowdon Survey

EDM number 1572 in 1997-98, proposed by Mark Oaten on 20/07/1998.

That this House welcomes the publication of the Snowdon Survey 1998 and the launch of a four month consultation period; congratulates the Snowdon award scheme for undertaking such a substantial research work which reveals that barriers for disabled people entering work and staying off benefits are found in the current education funding system for disabled students; notes that funding levels vary widely across the United Kingdom and that access to information on funding entitlements is often haphazard; notes that the survey identifies three key solutions; calls on Her Majesty's Government to extend the disability students allowance eligibility criteria to include all disabled students regardless of the course or the level at which it is being studied; further calls for the establishment of a single disabled student body for England and Wales, similar to the Student Support Agency for Scotland; further calls for the creation of a national resource of accessible information on further and higher education funding for all disabled students; and further calls on Her Majesty's Government to respond to the survey and its recommendations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Oaten20/07/1998WinchesterLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Russell21/07/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones21/07/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Fearn21/07/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock21/07/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry21/07/1998KingswoodLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge21/07/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler21/07/1998North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Audrey Wise22/07/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Nick Harvey23/07/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable23/07/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones23/07/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Simpson23/07/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Andrew George27/07/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jackie Ballard27/07/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer28/07/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington28/07/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie28/07/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes29/07/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Eleanor Laing02/09/1998Epping ForestConservativeSigned

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