RYANAIR'S POLICY TOWARDS DISABLED PEOPLE (EDM601)

RYANAIR'S POLICY TOWARDS DISABLED PEOPLE

EDM number 601 in 2003-04, proposed by Paul Marsden on 10/02/2004.

That this House welcomes the court ruling that Ryanair acted unlawfully by not ensuring that a wheelchair was provided free of charge for Mr Bob Ross to use at Stansted Airport; notes that the court awarded Mr Ross Ãº1,336 in compensation; is concerned at Ryanair's decision to add a 50 pence surcharge to the price of every seat to meet the so-called cost of wheelchair provision, which will raise an extra Ãº12 million for the company; supports the Disability Rights Commission condemnation of this inflated surcharge, which the DRC have estimated at actually only costing 2 pence on each fare; notes that Ryanair has failed to compensate 35 other disabled people who have complained also; and urges the Secretary of State for Transport to intervene and encourage Ryanair to review its policy towards disabled people and the costs of wheelchair users.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Marsden	10/02/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
John Thurso	10/02/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	11/02/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	11/02/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/02/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	11/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	11/02/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/02/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/02/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	11/02/2004	Easington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	11/02/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Tim Loughton	11/02/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	11/02/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/02/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	11/02/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/02/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	11/02/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Brian White	12/02/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	12/02/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/02/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	12/02/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/02/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	12/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/02/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	23/02/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	23/02/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	23/02/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	23/02/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
John McFall	24/02/2004	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Albert Owen	24/02/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	24/02/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	25/02/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	25/02/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/02/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	25/02/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	25/02/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	26/02/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tom Brake	27/02/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	01/03/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	01/03/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/03/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/03/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	22/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	15/07/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	15/07/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	20/07/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed

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