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Access To Broadcasting For People With Sensory Disabilities

EDM number 666 in 1995-96, proposed by John Hannam on 27/03/1996.

That this House recognises the rights of people with sensory disabilities to have access to broadcasting; acknowledges that the inclusion of specific requirements for subtitling provision in licence conditions under the Broadcasting Act 1990 has resulted in greatly improved access for deaf and hard of hearing people; is concerned that the current Broadcasting Bill fails to include such provisions; and calls on the Government to bring forward amendments to current broadcasting legislation to include conditions in digital programme licences to secure the provision of comprehensive subtitling and sign language for deaf people and audio description for blind and partially sighted people on digital television programmes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 88 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Hannam27/03/1996ExeterProposed
Alan Howarth27/03/1996Stratford-on-AvonSigned
Dafydd Wigley27/03/1996CaernarfonSigned
Peter Thurnham27/03/1996Bolton North EastSigned
Alf Morris27/03/1996Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Liz Lynne27/03/1996RochdaleSigned
Roger Berry27/03/1996KingswoodSigned
Peter Hardy28/03/1996WentworthSigned
Nick Harvey28/03/1996North DevonSigned
Lynne Jones28/03/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Keith Bradley28/03/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Richard Burden28/03/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
John Cummings28/03/1996EasingtonSigned
Norman Godman28/03/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Harry Barnes28/03/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Ken Livingstone29/03/1996Brent EastSigned
Russell Johnston01/04/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Maria Fyfe01/04/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe01/04/1996LeighSigned
Michael Clapham01/04/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Kevin McNamara01/04/1996Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
Robert Litherland01/04/1996Manchester CentralSigned
David Knox01/04/1996Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Robert Wareing02/04/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Tim Rathbone02/04/1996LewesSigned
Terry Davis02/04/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/04/1996Islington NorthSigned
Eric Clarke02/04/1996MidlothianSigned
David Marshall02/04/1996Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Eric Illsley02/04/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Bridget Prentice02/04/1996Lewisham EastSigned
Alan Meale02/04/1996MansfieldSigned
Tom Cox03/04/1996TootingSigned
Win Griffiths03/04/1996BridgendSigned
Janet Anderson16/04/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Tony Benn16/04/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Michael Connarty16/04/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Roland Boyes16/04/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Gordon Oakes17/04/1996HaltonSigned
Mike Hall17/04/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Jack Thompson17/04/1996WansbeckSigned
Jim Wallace17/04/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Estelle Morris18/04/1996Birmingham, YardleySigned
Michael Colvin18/04/1996Romsey and WatersideSigned
Ian McCartney19/04/1996MakerfieldSigned
Mildred Gordon19/04/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
Martyn Jones23/04/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Terry Rooney24/04/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Anne Campbell24/04/1996CambridgeSigned
Jean Corston24/04/1996Bristol EastSigned
Don Foster24/04/1996BathSigned
Elfyn Llwyd25/04/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Alex Carlile25/04/1996MontgomerySigned
Gerry Steinberg25/04/1996Durham, City ofSigned
John Gunnell30/04/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Glenda Jackson30/04/1996Hampstead & HighgateSigned
John Hunt30/04/1996RavensbourneSigned
Bill Cash01/05/1996StaffordSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Geoffrey Robinson09/05/1996Coventry North WestSigned
Doug Hoyle21/05/1996Warrington NorthSigned
Nigel Jones21/05/1996CheltenhamSigned
John Marshall21/05/1996Hendon SouthSigned
Jim Cunningham21/05/1996Coventry South EastSigned
Roger Sims22/05/1996ChislehurstSigned
Stephen Day22/05/1996CheadleSigned
David Rendel04/06/1996NewburySigned
Allan Stewart04/06/1996Renfrewshire EastSigned
James Spicer04/06/1996West DorsetSigned
Bruce Grocott04/06/1996Wrekin, TheSigned
Fergus Montgomery06/06/1996Altrincham and SaleSigned
David Hanson07/06/1996DelynSigned
Harry Greenway07/06/1996Ealing NorthSigned
Wyn Roberts10/06/1996ConwySigned
Keith Hampson10/06/1996Leeds North WestSigned
Bill Olner11/06/1996NuneatonSigned
Mark Fisher11/06/1996Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Jim Marshall13/06/1996Leicester SouthSigned
Gerald Kaufman18/06/1996Manchester, GortonSigned
George Galloway19/06/1996Glasgow HillheadSigned
Mike Watson20/06/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Peter Pike24/06/1996BurnleySigned
Peter Robinson24/06/1996Belfast EastSigned
Giles Shaw26/06/1996PudseySigned
Tony Lloyd26/06/1996StretfordSigned
Nicholas Scott01/07/1996ChelseaSigned
Diana Maddock16/07/1996ChristchurchSigned
Matthew Taylor23/07/1996TruroSigned

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