Mobility Allowance For Those With Severe Sight Loss (EDM45)

Mobility Allowance For Those With Severe Sight Loss

EDM number 45 in 2008-09, proposed by John Barrett on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House recognises that people with severe sight loss face significant barriers to independent mobility; is aware that they face the burden of extra mobility costs which can seriously restrict their participation and inclusion in society; notes that extending the higher rate mobility component of the disability living allowance to those with severe sight loss would cost only Â£30 million per year; welcomes the sympathy for this cause previously expressed by the Minister for State for Welfare Reform and the Minister for Disabled People; notes with concern that recent statements have suggested that this is not now a matter that the Government plans to deal with in a positive fashion; commends the campaign by the Royal National Institute for the Blind which brought over 1,500 campaigners to Parliament to lobby on this issue; and calls on the Government to re-examine the case for extending the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance to people with serious sight loss.

This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Barrett	03/12/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	03/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	04/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Rowen	04/12/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Drew	04/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Colin Breed	04/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	04/12/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	04/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	04/12/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	08/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/12/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2008	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Glenda Jackson	08/12/2008	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Plaskitt	08/12/2008	Warwick and Leamington	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	09/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Willie Rennie	10/12/2008	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/12/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	10/12/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Jim Sheridan	10/12/2008	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	11/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	15/12/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	16/12/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	16/12/2008	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Tom Brake	17/12/2008	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/12/2008	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	18/12/2008	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/12/2008	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	12/01/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Howarth	12/01/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	15/01/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	03/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Mates	22/04/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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