Deaf People And The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (EDM535)

Deaf People And The Disability Discrimination Act 1995

EDM number 535 in 1997-98, proposed by Tom Levitt on 01/12/1997.

That this House notes that 2nd December 1997 is the first anniversary of the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 which seeks to outlaw in specific circumstances discrimination against disabled people; notes the importance of anti-discrimination legislation for disabled people, especially in relation to employment where the talents and skills of disabled people are frequently wasted; further notes with concern that amongst deaf people the level of unemployment is twice that of the general population while deaf people in work are 50 per cent more likely to be in semi-skilled or unskilled jobs than the working population as a whole; believes that the exclusion of deaf people and other disabled people from the labour market is caused to a large extent by discriminatory practices in employment, including the low expectations held by many employers and fellow employees towards deaf people as well as the refusal of many employers to consider even the most modest of adaptions at the workplace such as the use of textphones; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure that the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is widened to cover all employers and enforced through the establishment of a Disability Rights Commission as part of the establishment of full civil rights legislation for all disabled people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Levitt	01/12/1997	High Peak	Labour	Proposed
Michael Foster	01/12/1997	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Brian White	01/12/1997	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	01/12/1997	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	01/12/1997	Halton	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	01/12/1997	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	01/12/1997	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	01/12/1997	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	01/12/1997	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	01/12/1997	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	01/12/1997	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Caroline Flint	01/12/1997	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	01/12/1997	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Karen Buck	01/12/1997	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/12/1997	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Dan Norris	01/12/1997	Wansdyke	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	01/12/1997	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	01/12/1997	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	01/12/1997	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	01/12/1997	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	01/12/1997	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	01/12/1997	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	01/12/1997	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	01/12/1997	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Christopher Leslie	01/12/1997	Shipley	Labour	Signed
David Lock	01/12/1997	Wyre Forest	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	01/12/1997	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	01/12/1997	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Gillian Merron	01/12/1997	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
Kali Mountford	01/12/1997	Colne Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/12/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Austin	02/12/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	02/12/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	02/12/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/12/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	02/12/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/12/1997	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ernie Ross	02/12/1997	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	02/12/1997	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	02/12/1997	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
John McDonnell	03/12/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	03/12/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	03/12/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/12/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	03/12/1997	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
John Swinney	03/12/1997	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	04/12/1997	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	04/12/1997	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Davey	04/12/1997	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	04/12/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	04/12/1997	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Cox	05/12/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robin Corbett	05/12/1997	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	08/12/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/12/1997	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	08/12/1997	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Williams	08/12/1997	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/12/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/12/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/12/1997	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/12/1997	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/12/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	15/12/1997	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	16/12/1997	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	16/12/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	18/12/1997	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	22/12/1997	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denzil Davies	14/01/1998	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/01/1998	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andy King	29/01/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	30/01/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed

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