Universal Carers Card (EDM1129)

Universal Carers Card

EDM number 1129 in 2008-09, proposed by Timothy Farron on 19/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Disability discrimination.

That this House notes with concern that many disabled people who require carers' assistance when going to events and activities are being forced to purchase an additional ticket for their carer; recognises that this amounts to discrimination by restricting their ability to access certain services; praises the work of the Cinema Exhibitors Association card which entitles carriers of the card to one free ticket for an accompanying carer; and calls on the Government to introduce a universal carers card which will ensure that disabled people are able to access services without discrimination.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Farron	19/03/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	19/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	20/03/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	20/03/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin Caton	20/03/2009	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	20/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	23/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	23/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	23/03/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	23/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	23/03/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/03/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	23/03/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/03/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	24/03/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	24/03/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	25/03/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	25/03/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	25/03/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Jim Dobbin	25/03/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	25/03/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	26/03/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/03/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	27/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/03/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	30/03/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	02/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	02/04/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	21/04/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	23/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	07/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed

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