Ceredigion Talking Newspaper (EDM353)

Ceredigion Talking Newspaper

EDM number 353 in 2009-10, proposed by Mark Williams on 03/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Equality and Information technology.

That this House believes that it is important that blind people have access to information and particularly local news; notes that Ceredigion Talking Newspaper, the first talking newspaper in the UK, will celebrate its 40th anniversary in January 2010; pays tribute to Ronald Sturt who introduced the concept of talking newspapers to the UK after seeing them used in Sweden; and thanks all those who have volunteered to produce talking newspapers for their contribution to the blind community.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Williams	03/12/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Roger Williams	03/12/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	07/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	07/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Seconded
Iris Robinson	08/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Martin Caton	08/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	08/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Marsha Singh	08/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/12/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	09/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	09/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	16/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed

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