Mobility Benefits For Blind People (EDM340)

Mobility Benefits For Blind People

EDM number 340 in 2008-09, proposed by Anne Begg on 17/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Benefits policy.

That this House welcomes the cross-party support of numerous hon. Members for giving blind people access to the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance; notes that both Opposition parties have indicated that they would support a move by the Government to end blind people's exclusion from this important benefit; further notes that the Minister for Disabled People stated in a speech to a lobby of Parliament by blind people on 15 October 2008 that it is now a matter for the Government to decide how and when this change can be made; and therefore calls on the Government to reach a prompt resolution and end the exclusion of blind people from this important extra cost benefit, when they face some of the greatest barriers to independent mobility.

This motion has been signed by a total of 237 MPs, 6 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Anne Begg	17/12/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Proposed
John Butterfill	17/12/2008	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Seconded
Jennifer Willott	17/12/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Blunkett	17/12/2008	Sheffield, Brightside	Labour	Seconded
John Barrett	17/12/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Julie Kirkbride	17/12/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Durkan	17/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Adrian Sanders	18/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	18/12/2008	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	18/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/12/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	18/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	18/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Amess	18/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	18/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Philip Davies	18/12/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	18/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	12/01/2009	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	12/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
David Heyes	12/01/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	12/01/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/01/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	12/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	12/01/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	12/01/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	13/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	13/01/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	13/01/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	13/01/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	13/01/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	14/01/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	14/01/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/01/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Denis Murphy	14/01/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/01/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	14/01/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/01/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	15/01/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/01/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	19/01/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Leech	19/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	22/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	26/01/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/01/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	27/01/2009	Warwick and Leamington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	27/01/2009	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	27/01/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	27/01/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Berry	28/01/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	29/01/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	29/01/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	29/01/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	29/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Clare Short	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	02/02/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Roger Williams	02/02/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	02/02/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Brian Binley	02/02/2009	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	03/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ryan	03/02/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	03/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	03/02/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	03/02/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	03/02/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	04/02/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	04/02/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	04/02/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	04/02/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	05/02/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	05/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	09/02/2009	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	09/02/2009	Hitchin and Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	09/02/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	09/02/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	09/02/2009	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	09/02/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/02/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	09/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	09/02/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/02/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	10/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	10/02/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	10/02/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Richard Caborn	10/02/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/02/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	10/02/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	10/02/2009	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	10/02/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	11/02/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	11/02/2009	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	11/02/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	11/02/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	11/02/2009	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	11/02/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	11/02/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William Cash	11/02/2009	Stone	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	11/02/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
John Austin	11/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Battle	11/02/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	11/02/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
David Tredinnick	11/02/2009	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Peter Viggers	11/02/2009	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	11/02/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	11/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	12/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	12/02/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Osborne	12/02/2009	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	12/02/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	12/02/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	12/02/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	12/02/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	12/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	12/02/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	12/02/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	23/02/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	23/02/2009	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	23/02/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	23/02/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	23/02/2009	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	23/02/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Joan Humble	23/02/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	23/02/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Annette Brooke	23/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	23/02/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	23/02/2009	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	23/02/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	23/02/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	23/02/2009	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	23/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	23/02/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	23/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	23/02/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	23/02/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	23/02/2009	Esher and Walton	Conservative	Signed
John Thurso	23/02/2009	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	23/02/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	23/02/2009	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	23/02/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Pete Wishart	23/02/2009	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike Wood	23/02/2009	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	23/02/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Douglas Carswell	23/02/2009	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	23/02/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Pritchard	23/02/2009	The Wrekin	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	24/02/2009	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	24/02/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	24/02/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Smith	24/02/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	25/02/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	25/02/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	25/02/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	25/02/2009	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	25/02/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Dan Rogerson	25/02/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	26/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McFall	26/02/2009	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	26/02/2009	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	26/02/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Chris Mullin	02/03/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	02/03/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	03/03/2009	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	03/03/2009	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	03/03/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Curry	03/03/2009	Skipton and Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	03/03/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Edward Timpson	03/03/2009	Crewe and Nantwich	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/03/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	04/03/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	04/03/2009	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	04/03/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	05/03/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Mann	05/03/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/03/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	06/03/2009	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	06/03/2009	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	06/03/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	06/03/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	06/03/2009	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	06/03/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	09/03/2009	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	09/03/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	09/03/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	11/03/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/03/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Austin Mitchell	11/03/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	11/03/2009	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Conservative	Signed
John Robertson	12/03/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Tim Boswell	12/03/2009	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Tom Harris	13/03/2009	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	16/03/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
John Gummer	17/03/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Jim McGovern	17/03/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	18/03/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	18/03/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	18/03/2009	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Lembit	19/03/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	20/03/2009	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	20/03/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	23/03/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Hosie	24/03/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Dowd	26/03/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg and Goole	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	02/06/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn

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